Mumps In Houston ICE Facility: Another Vaccine Preventable Disease To Worry About
The mumps virus has infected at least seven people at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Houston (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 10, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
Mumps cases confirmed at ICE facility in Houston
Mumps is highly contagious but is highly preventable with a vaccine (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Washington measles outbreak draws crowd to hearing on vaccine law
Hundreds of Washington residents demanding the right to choose whether to vaccinate their children packed a public hearing Friday to oppose a bill that would make it harder for families to opt out of immunization requirements for measles, mumps and rubella amid the state’s worst measles outbreak in more than two decades. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - February 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
Amid Measles Outbreak, Docs Hope Facts Top Myths
According to the CDC, more than 90% of children have gotten the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. But there are pockets in the country that fall well below the 90% considered crucial for protection. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Measles Outbreak Is Hitting the Pacific Northwest. Now There ’s a Surge in People Getting Vaccinated
MMR vaccine rates in two areas in the Pacific Northwest, which has been at the epicenter of a measles outbreak, are surging as people rush to protect themselves and their children from the virus.
In Clark County, Washington – where about 50 people have been infected since the outbreak started – more than 6 times as many people were vaccinated for measles from January 13 to February 2 compared to the same period last year, according to a spokesperson for Washington State Department of Health.
The rush to receive the MMR vaccine – which inoculates the recipient from measles, mumps and rubella – in Cla...
Source: TIME: Health - February 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized health onetime washington Source Type: news
Notes From The Field: Mumps Outbreak in a Recently Vaccinated Population - Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, August-December, 2017
On August 6, 2017, the Kosrae Department of Health Services in the Federated States of Micronesia reported a confirmed case of mumps in a resident aged 18 years. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 31, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
The Checkup: The War to End All Measles
Young people who went to war 100 years ago often died from what are now preventable childhood diseases. We can try to keep today ’ s children a little safer. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: PERRI KLASS, M.D. Tags: Measles Mumps Children and Childhood Preventive Medicine Vaccination and Immunization World War I (1914-18) Parenting Source Type: news
Use of Personal Hearing Protection Devices at Loud Athletic or Entertainment Events Among Adults --- United States, 2018
Approximately 20% of employer health care spending is associated with modifiable health risks in the U.S. workforce. Among surveyed U.S. adults, approximately 8% reported consistent use of a hearing protection device (HPD) at loud athletic or entertainment events; women and older adults were less likely to use an HPD, whereas adults with hearing impairment, or who had a hearing-impaired household member or some college education were significantly more likely to use an HPD. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 18, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Occupational HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and STDs MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Mumps Mumps Vaccination National Notifiable Diseases Outbreaks Race and Ethnicity Vector-borne diseases Source Type: news
HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis, by Race and Ethnicity --- United States, 2014--2016
A new CDC analysis found that during 2014-2016 the number of U.S. residents who filled a prescription for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) increased substantially, but remained a small fraction of the estimated 1.1 million U.S. residents who could benefit from PrEP. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 18, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and STDs MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Mumps Mumps Vaccination National Notifiable Diseases Outbreaks Race and Ethnicity Vector-borne diseases West Nile Virus Infection Source Type: news
Mumps Outbreak in a Marshallese Community --- Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado, 2016--2017
During 2016-2017, an outbreak of 47 mumps cases occurred in the Denver metropolitan area, mostly among members of a Marshallese community. Public health response included early active surveillance, public education, and prompt implementation of MMR vaccination clinics. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 18, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Mumps Mumps Vaccination National Notifiable Diseases Outbreaks Vector-borne diseases West Nile Virus Infection Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Rubella Infection in an Unvaccinated Pregnant Woman --- Johnson County, Kansas, December 2017
On December 14, 2017, a school nurse notified the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment in Kansas that a student ' s pregnant mother had received a diagnosis of rubella. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 11, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: Children's Health Espa ñol HIV/AIDS Hispanic health HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS and STDs Infection Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Pregnancy Pseudomonas Vaccination Source Type: news
Ask Well: How Long Do I Retain Immunity?
Antibody half-life varies tremendously, from about 11 years for tetanus to over 200 years for measles and mumps. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RICHARD KLASCO, M.D. Tags: Mumps Measles Tetanus Smallpox Viruses Vaccination and Immunization Diphtheria Infections Source Type: news
Measles: Is the MMR vaccine safe? Dr Ranj reveals how to avoid ‘severe consequences’
MEASLES is a highly infectious viral illness which can result in serious complications, including fatality. The MMR vaccine can prevent measles, mumps ad rubella, but is it safe? Dr Ranj Singh issued his advice on This Morning. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Take-up of MMR vaccine falls for fourth year in a row in England
Proportion of children being immunised down to 91.2% as experts warn of measles riskThe proportion of children in England getting immunised for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) has fallen for the fourth year in a row, as uptake for a further nine out of the 12 routine vaccinations has dropped, figures show.Related:Resurgence of deadly measles blamed on low MMR vaccination ratesContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 18, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Marsh Tags: MMR Vaccines and immunisation Health Infectious diseases Medical research NHS Microbiology Children Science Society Source Type: news
Healthcare cuts 'strongly linked' to the resurgence of measles
(Bocconi University) Studies show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries, is the decline in vaccination coverage, for which mainly the 'spread of anti-scientific theories' can be blamed. However, a new study in the European Journal of Public Health shows that cuts in public health expenditure also play an important role, with measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage decreasing 0.5 percentage points for each 1 percent expenditure cut (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
