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1 week, 5 days ago

"It will cost lives": Trump says he'll talk with RFK Jr. about discouraging childhood vaccines

Salon

In an interview with TIME Magazine published Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump said that he would discuss ending child vaccination programs with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist he has nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. His administration would get rid of some vaccinations if "I think it's dangerous, if I think they are not beneficial," …

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1 month, 1 week ago

CDC warns of measles surge and decline in vaccinations as Trump nominates vaccine-skeptic RFK Jr to head health

Daily Mail

International health agencies are raising the alarm over a surge in measles and a decline in vaccination rates against the deadly - and preventable - virus. The new report found only 83 percent of people worldwide in 2023 got the measles vaccine - mostly unchanged from a record low in 2021. Only about 81 percent of people got the measles …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. School Vaccination Rates Fall As Exemptions Keep Rising

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Tuesday. The rates help explain a worrisome creep in cases of whooping cough, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, said Dr. Raynard Washington, chair of the Big Cities Health Coalition, which …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Measles cases are up and childhood vaccinations are down : Consider This from NPR

NPR

Measles cases are up and childhood vaccinations are down Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images For about three weeks in 2000, there were zero measles cases in the United States. Fast forward to 2024, and measles cases are surging, especially in Oregon where the state is facing the worst outbreak since the early 1990s. This …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

With measles on the rise, rebuilding trust in vaccines is a must

Al Jazeera

In Sweden, until the late 1960s, people drove on the left. Last month, the organisation I lead made a payout from our International Federation of the Red Cross Disaster Response Emergency Fund to the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina will spend much of its allocated funds on mobile information units, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Florida shows how to bungle a measles outbreak

LA Times

As life-saving as the COVID-19 vaccines have been, the measles vaccine has been an even greater success story. It’s not the biggest measles outbreak in recent years, but the ho-hum attitude of the state’s top public health official, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, is deeply troubling. Still it was shocking that in the midst of the outbreak, he ignored the public …

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11 months ago

A national information campaign is urgently needed to protect children from measles

The Independent

So far, there have been no deaths reported in the latest flare-up of the illness, which was more or less eliminated in this country eight years ago. Unfortunately, pandemic-inspired vaccine scepticism has interacted with a specific problem, in that the usual MMR vaccine contains a pork derivative that is unacceptable to some Muslims. According to Dame Jenny, this is a …

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11 months ago

Measles outbreak in England, most cases in children: What UK health agency said

Hindustan Times

UK's public health agency warned that an outbreak of measles in England could spread to other towns and cities if action is not taken to boost vaccinations. The UK Health Security Agency declared a national incident- a signal for a growing public health risk- as it said that 216 confirmed cases and 103 probable cases in the West Midlands were …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Fewer Amsterdam kids getting vaccinated: Baby vaccination rate down to 83%

NL Times

The vaccination rate among kids in Amsterdam has fallen for the third year in a row. Babies’ vaccination rate is now well below the 90 percent standard the World Health Organization uses for most vaccinations, which indicates whether a population is well-protected against infectious diseases. Before 2020, the average vaccination rate for babies under 2 years old was consistently above …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Why millions of kids aren't getting their routine vaccinations

NPR

Why millions of kids aren't getting their routine vaccinations Enlarge this image toggle caption Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images A new report released by UNICEF finds that 67 million children across the world missed out on either some or all routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, and 48 million children didn't receive a …

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2 years ago

Column: COVID boosted anti-vaccine propaganda. Now measles and other childhood diseases are on the march

LA Times

In the modern world and our modern society, there can be no excuse for an outbreak of measles. In July 2021, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an icon of the far right, absurdly attacked leaders of the Biden administration’s campaign to encourage all Americans to get vaccinated against COVID as “medical brown shirts.” Her reference was to Nazi storm troopers during …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Data | India’s measles cases doubled in 2022, while over two crore vaccinations skipped in 2021

The Hindu

In India, measles cases more than doubled in the first two months of 2022 compared to the previous year. Google mobility data show that in India, visits to parks have increased more than 80% in May 2022 compared to the pre-pandemic levels. By Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Rebecca Rose Varghese Rise in cases The chart shows measles cases in the first …

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2 years, 7 months ago

‘Perfect storm’ of disease ahead with vaccines delayed and measles cases up, WHO and UNICEF say

CNN

CNN — The World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund warned of an increased risk of measles spread, with worldwide cases up nearly 80% so far in 2022 compared with 2021. “Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization are leaving too many children without protection against measles …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic

CNN

CNN — The coronavirus pandemic may have caused the “most widespread” disruption of routine childhood vaccinations in recent history, a new modeling study suggests. The estimates represent about 8.5 million more children without DTP third doses and about 8.9 million more children without a dose of measles vaccine than were estimated to miss doses if the pandemic hadn’t happened. In …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Vaccination Against 10 Pathogens Reduced Kids’ Mortality by 45%, Reveals Lancet Study

News 18

New modelling research published in The Lancet revealed that vaccinations against 10 major pathogens, including measles and Japanese encephalitis, averted deaths to the tunes of 37 million in low and middle-income countries including India. As per a report by The Indian Express, the Lancet study involved 16 independent research groups modelling the impact of childhood vaccination programmes in 98 LMICs …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Major Measles Outbreaks Likely in 2021 Due to Missed Vaccinations amid Covid-19 Pandemic: Study