Mumps outbreak at Indiana University reaches 16
Sixteen students at Indiana University have contracted the mumps, according to reports. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Flight Attendant Is Reportedly In a ‘Deep Coma’ After Contracting Measles
A flight attendant has reportedly fallen into a “deep coma” after contracting measles, according to health authorities.
The 43-year-old female El Al Airlines flight attendant was admitted to a hospital after coming down with a fever on March 31, CBS News reports. Her condition has worsened since then, and she now has encephalitis, or brain inflammation, and is breathing with the assistance of a respirator at Israel’s Meir Medical Center, according to CNN.
Israeli health officials said the woman may have been infected with measles in New York, Israel or a flight between the two locations, both of which are...
Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Infectious Disease Source Type: news
Indiana University is dealing with a mumps outbreak -- and most cases are linked to a fraternity
At least 16 cases of mumps have been reported at Indiana University since Februrary, and nine cases have ties to a single fraternity. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Measles Cases Are Still Rising in the U.S. But They ’re Even Higher Globally
The number of measles cases reported around the world has roughly tripled since last year, according to preliminary data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
More than 112,000 measles cases in 170 countries have been reported to the WHO so far this year. By contrast, about 28,000 measles cases in 163 countries were reported at this time last year, the WHO says. There are likely many more cases that have gone unreported, the WHO says, but the data provides a good sense of global disease trends.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday also released updated figures for domestic cases of measles. Th...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized public health Source Type: news
New York City ’s Public Health Emergency Order on Mandatory Measles Vaccinations: FAQs
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Network for Public Health Law. Published: 4/11/2019.
On April 9, 2019, New York City ’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, declared a public health emergency in response to a measles outbreak that has infected hundreds of residents, mostly children. The emergency declaration includes an order for mandatory measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations affecting residents in select areas of Williamsburg and Brooklyn, where most of the existing infections have arisen. These FAQs break down the key components of the mandate and the legal requirements.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Nearly 300 US mumps cases reported in March
There have been 426 cases of mumps reported in the United States this year as of March 29, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New York City Declares Public Health Emergency In the Face of an Intensifying Measles Outbreak
New York City officials on Tuesday ordered residents at the center of an ongoing measles outbreak to get vaccinated or face fines up to $1,000, in the latest dramatic move by officials attempting to stop measles outbreaks that are spreading across the country.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, along with Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, announced a public health emergency related to the measles outbreak at a press conference Tuesday. “This is an unusual action, and it’s because of the sheer extent of the crisis,” de Blasio said. There have been 285 confirmed cases of measles since October 2018. The majority of ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized New York Source Type: news
Trust makes vaccination mandatory for recruitment
A West Midlands trust will no longer recruit staff who have not had an immunisation for mumps, measles and rubella. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 9, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
What Will It Take to Eradicate Mumps? What Will It Take to Eradicate Mumps?
Mumps isn ' t a trivial infection because it can lead to sterility. How can we end these outbreaks?Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Childhood vaccines: Tough questions, straight answers
Do vaccines cause autism? Is it OK to skip certain vaccines? Get the facts on these and other common questions. Childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others. If these diseases seem uncommon -- or even unheard of [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 2, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Nearly 5,000 students get shots at university amid mumps outbreak
The outbreak on the campus of Temple University has reached the triple digits (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New York County Bans Unvaccinated Kids From Public Places in Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Measles Outbreak
A New York county is banning children who have not been vaccinated against measles from visiting public places — the latest and most dramatic attempt to stop preventable measles outbreaks in communities across the country.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a state of emergency related to the measles outbreak and announced the public places ban during a press conference Tuesday, saying officials “will not sit idly by as children in our community are at risk.”
The move follows previous attempts to limit Rockland’s ongoing measles outbreak, which as of March 21 totaled 151 confirmed cases in co...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized New York onetime public health Source Type: news
Mumps outbreak among Nottingham university students has struck more than 220
A total of 40 students at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham are confirmed to have caught mumps, and a further 183 are suspected to have the infection. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mumps outbreak at Nottingham universities
Public Health England confirms there are 223 suspected cases at two Nottingham universities. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mumps Outbreak at Temple University Reaches 74 Cases
MONDAY, March 25, 2019 -- A mumps outbreak that began last month at Temple University in Philadelphia has reached 15 confirmed and 59 probable cases.
Forty-six cases were identified in the previous eight days, Mark Denys, director of student and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
