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
Mumps Outbreak Associated With Cheerleading Competitions Mumps Outbreak Associated With Cheerleading Competitions
This report of a mumps outbreak among attendees of cheerleading competitions highlights the possibility of transmission at athletic events.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article 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
Mumps Spread Quickly at Texas Cheerleading Meets: Study
FRIDAY, Sept. 14, 2018 -- Mumps is a highly infectious disease, as Texas cheerleaders and their supporters found out in one recent outbreak.
Researchers looked over data on a mumps outbreak that began in December 2016 among those attending three... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine 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
Measles Is Returning to a Range of Places —But Not for the Same Reasons
By now, measles ought to be optional. As long as parents are conscientious and governments are competent, no child has to contract the sometimes fatal disease again. But across Europe and in the U.S., that’s not what’s happening.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were more than 40,000 cases of measles–including 37 deaths–across Europe in just the first six months of 2018. That’s a huge jump: in all of last year, there were 23,927 cases, and only 5,273 the year before. More than half of those 2018 cases were found in Ukraine, while six other countries (Serbia, France, Ital...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized global health Source Type: news
Measles Is Returning to a Range of Places — But Not for the Same Reasons
By now, measles ought to be optional. As long as parents are conscientious and governments are competent, no child has to contract the sometimes fatal disease again. But across Europe and in the U.S., that’s not what’s happening.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were more than 40,000 cases of measles–including 37 deaths–across Europe in just the first six months of 2018. That’s a huge jump: in all of last year, there were 23,927 cases, and only 5,273 the year before. More than half of those 2018 cases were found in Ukraine, while six other countries (Serbia, France, Ital...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized global health Source Type: news
Mumps Outbreaks at Four Universities -- Indiana, 2016 Mumps Outbreaks at Four Universities -- Indiana, 2016
Recent occurrences of mumps outbreaks in institutions of higher education highlight the need for standardized immunization documentation requirements and reevaluation of outbreak control policies.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Why Is Italy ’s Government Trying to Overturn a Lifesaving Vaccination Law? Here’s What to Know
Italy’s parliament shocked the scientific community on Tuesday by voting to lift a legal requirement that parents vaccinate their children before sending them to pre-school. The move, driven by Italy’s new populist coalition government, has been widely criticized by doctors, who say vaccinations are essential to avoiding outbreaks of serious diseases like measles.
Here’s what to know about the Italian government’s decision:
What did the Italian government do with vaccines?
Italian lawmakers in the upper house of parliament voted 148 to 110 to amend a law that required children under the age of 6 to...
Source: TIME: Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ciara Nugent and Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Anti-Vaccines Italy Source Type: news
