After Ending Polio, India Turns To Stop Another Childhood Killer
India declared itself polio-free on Thursday, but it isn't wasting time celebrating. Leaders are already applying the tools used to fight polio to end a disease that kills more than 150 kids each day.
View ArticleMeasles Outbreak In Ohio Leads Amish To Reconsider Vaccines
Amish country in Ohio is being hit hard by a measles outbreak. Most Amish aren't vaccinated, so the disease has spread quickly. But a push for vaccination has found many takers.
View ArticleMeasles Is A Killer: It Took 145,000 Lives Worldwide Last Year
The uproar over the U.S. outbreak glosses over a bigger problem: Measles takes a tragic toll in poor countries. But a vaccine can effectively stop this deadly — and highly contagious — disease.
View ArticleA Boy Who Had Cancer Faces Measles Risk From The Unvaccinated
The father of a young child who had leukemia has a plea for other parents: Please vaccinate your children, because people with compromised immune systems, including his son, can't be vaccinated.
View ArticleOnce A Vaccine Skeptic, This Mom Changed Her Mind
Juniper Russo wants what is best for her daughter, Vivian, and she sometimes questions mainstream medicine. But after three years of soul-searching, she decided vaccination was best.
View ArticlePediatricians Pressured To Drop Parents Who Won't Vaccinate
The pressure, doctors say, is mostly coming from other parents who don't want their infants exposed to measles, whooping cough or other serious illnesses in the pediatric waiting room.
View ArticleMeasles + Low Vaccination Rates = Big Headaches For Schools
California allows parents to opt out of vaccination requirements. Amid Southern California's measles outbreak, many schools are struggling with how best to deal with students who aren't vaccinated.
View ArticleMeasles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law
California lawmakers are proposing new limits on the ability of parents to opt out of vaccinations. It's a response to a measles outbreak that originated in that state.
View ArticleTo Get Parents To Vaccinate Their Kids, Don't Ask. Just Tell
The way a pediatrician talks with nervous parents about vaccines may determine whether the child gets immunized or not, a study suggests. Asking "What do you want to do about shots?" doesn't work.
View ArticleCan Employers Require Workers To Be Vaccinated? It Depends
Even though a disease like measles can spread easily through a workplace, employers often are reluctant to require employee vaccinations. Hospitals are one big exception.
View ArticleWhy A Court Once Ordered Kids Vaccinated Against Their Parents' Will
Measles infected hundreds of children at a Philadelphia church whose members didn't believe in modern medicine. In a rare step, health officials moved to compel the families to vaccinate the kids.
View ArticleBill To Limit Vaccine Exemptions Moves A Step Closer In California
A measure that would require more children to get vaccinated is moving ahead in the California Legislature. Though the state saw a large measles outbreak this year, final passage may be tough.
View ArticleWestern Hemisphere Wipes Out Its Third Virus
It took 15 years and 250 million vaccines, but this week, health authorities officially declared North America and South America free of rubella — a virus that can cause severe birth defects.
View ArticleScientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine
When the U.S. introduced the measles vaccine, childhood deaths from all infections plummeted. Scientists think they might know why: Benefits of the measles vaccine go way beyond the measles.
View ArticleAs Ebola Leaves Liberia, Measles Makes A Forceful Comeback
Ebola put the country's immunization program on pause. Now officials are launching a nationwide vaccination campaign to stop the largest measles outbreak the country has seen in years.
View ArticleParents In Poor Countries Worry About Vaccines, Too
But not for the same reasons as Western parents. In the developing world, moms and dads want to make sure their kids are immunized quickly enough.
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