February 1, 2019 Northwest measles outbreak prompts look at vaccine exemptions A measles outbreak near Portland, Oregon, has revived a bitter debate over so-called "philosophical" exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific Northwest scramble to limit the fallout.
January 23, 2019 Washington state measles outbreak hits 23, mostly affecting unvaccinated children Health officials in Washington state have now confirmed 23 cases of measles in Clark County, with an additional two more suspected.
January 18, 2019 Measles outbreak strikes 16 in Washington state, mostly in unvaccinated kids More than a dozen unvaccinated children have been sickened by the measles virus in Washington’s Clark County, with the area’s health officials tallying 16 confirmed cases since Jan. 1.
January 16, 2019 Anti-vaxxers among top 'threats to global health,' WHO says Anti-vaxxers, or those who oppose vaccines, were deemed a top "threat to global health" in 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
January 12, 2019 Dr. Marc Siegel: Measles kills 90,000 a year worldwide – Vaccine has saved 20 million lives The measles vaccine has saved more than 20 million lives since 2000. Getting vaccinated is vital to protect against a disease that still kills about 90,000 people a year worldwide.
December 13, 2018 Tennessee Rep.-elect Mark Green questions CDC data on vaccines, autism Incoming Republican Rep. Mark Green, a physician, suggested vaccines could cause autism during a town hall meeting with his constituents.
December 6, 2018 NYC health officials ban unvaccinated kids from school amid measles outbreak in Orthodox Jewish community Health officials in New York are requiring students who attend Jewish schools in certain zip codes to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine amid a measles outbreak that has sickened at least 39 children in the Orthodox Jewish community since October.
November 28, 2018 Missouri nurse fired for refusing flu shot over religious beliefs, protesters claim A group of protesters gathered outside of Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis Monday to protest the hospital’s policy that requires employees to receive a flu shot -- claiming at least one employee at the facility -- a nurse -- was fired after she refused to be vaccinated on religious grounds.
November 19, 2018 Chickenpox outbreak at North Carolina school with high anti-vaccination rate leaves dozens sick At least 36 students at a North Carolina school with a heavy anti-vaccine population have been sickened after an outbreak of the chickenpox virus, health officials said.
October 23, 2018 Vaccine confidence low in Europe, raising disease outbreak risk Low levels of public confidence in vaccines in the European Union are pushing immunization rates down and the number of disease outbreaks up, according to an expert report on Tuesday.
