Tag: measles outbreak

Staff ReportsAugust 16, 2018
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Health officials are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles after three cases of the disease were reported in a Florida county, among more than 100 cases throughout the U.S. this year. Federal officials declared the contagious virus had been eliminated in the U.S. in 2000; however, infections periodically occur nationwide, […]

Bill PrescottJuly 7, 2015

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Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a provision that says California parents can no longer claim “personal belief” as a reason for not vaccinating their children. Pediatrician and state Sen. Richard Pan introduced the legislation in response to the measles outbreak that began in Disneyland this past December. On Friday, parents rallied […]


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