South Africa: Mumps Outbreak Declared By NICD
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it has recorded an unexpected, sudden increase in mumps, which constitutes an outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 12, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Most Effective Way to Get Through to Parents Who Won ’ t Vaccinate Their Kids
This study tells us that parents really value what they hear from other parents who they trust when it comes to decisions about vaccinating their children,” says Marie Heffernan, lead author of the paper and assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “The current study was in the context of the COVID-19 vaccine for children, but we can think about this in terms of other routine childhood vaccinations as well.”
Not all of the findings were uniform across the sample group. Ethnicity, in particular, made a difference. In the “trusted pare...
Source: TIME: Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
Vaccines: Pre-school uptake in Northern Ireland in steady decline, report says
Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Parents urged to check children's MMR vaccine records following rise in measles cases
Parents are being asked to check children are fully up to date with their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations by checking their vaccine record in their red book. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Parotitis?
Discussion
The salivary glands are important for creating saliva which helps with taste, digestion, oral health, and speech. Salivary gland problems are not that common but can be painful, annoying or herald potential systemic diseases. The parotid gland is the largest salivary gland lying anterior to the ear within the cheek structures. There are 2 lobes (superficial and deep) and the facial nerve runs between them. The salivary duct opens adjacent to the upper second molar. Infections are the most common cause of parotitis with mumps being the most commonly associated infection especially in unimmunized patients.
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Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 10, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
We must continue to guard against the anti-vaccine movement | Letters
Bernard Bedford, Dr Andrew HillandAndrew Scaife respond to an article by Devi Sridhar on the dangers of vaccine scepticism, especially with regard to childrenI wholeheartedly agree with Devi Sridhar ’s concern about dwindling childhood protection from infectious diseases (In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them, 27 March). Coming from a small hamlet near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, I developed measles, mumps, then whooping cough in rapid succession on starting primary school. I spent most of my first four months off school. I was fortunate to join a long queue and receive my firs...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science Society Health Health policy Source Type: news
AAP Approves 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule AAP Approves 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
Minor changes and additions to annual ACIP recommendations affected vaccines for COVID-19; dengue fever; pneumococcal disease; and measles, mumps, and rubella.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 9, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Do you know who to talk to about your child's routine vaccinations?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), routine vaccinations for kindergarten in the U.S. fell to 93% during the 2021-2022 school year. That's the second year in a row routine vaccination rates decreased. The vaccines help prevent potentially fatal or severe illnesses, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others. The CDC says there are several reasons for the decline, including the possibility that misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines may have played… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 9, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Measles: information for schools and healthcare centres, UKHSA (updated 17th January 2023)
Information and advice on measles and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
17 January 2023Updated flyer and text version (English only).
13 January 2023Added text version of the flyer. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Measles: information for schools and healthcare centres, UKHSA (updated 13th January 2023)
Information and advice on measles and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
13 January 2023Added text version of the flyer.
25 October 2019Added Hebrew and Turkish translations. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nearly 250,000 kindergarteners in U.S. are vulnerable to measles due to slide in vaccination rates, CDC says
In this handout from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveales the ultrastructural appearance of a single virus particle, or 'virion', of measles virus. "And we know that measles, mumps and rubella vaccination coverage for…#columbus #ohio #hispanic #cdc #hib #oleary #tem #seanoleary #georginapeacock (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten - United States, 2021-22 School Year
This report describes a decrease in vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten in the United States during the 2021-22 school year. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 12, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Children's Health Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety MMR Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vaccines Source Type: news
Adults May Be Losing Immunity to Mumps. Are Boosters Needed?
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 -- Despite routine use of a childhood vaccine, the United States still sees outbreaks of mumps. Now, a new study reinforces the belief that it ' s due to waning immunity post-vaccination.
Mumps is a viral infection best known... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Waning Immunity Most Consistent With Recent Mumps Outbreaks
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 -- A waning immunity model is most consistent with recently observed resurgent outbreaks of mumps in countries with high vaccine coverage, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Ohio Measles Outbreak Grows, Fueled By Vaccine Hesitancy Ohio Measles Outbreak Grows, Fueled By Vaccine Hesitancy
Most of the children infected were unvaccinated but were old enough to get the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 20, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
