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Experts stress importance of vaccination amidst measles outbreaks

Tue, 2025-04-15 10:09 — mike kraft

Experts stress importance of vaccination amidst measles outbreaks Pediatric infectious diseases experts stress the importance of vaccination against measles, one of the most contagious viruses, which is once more spreading in the United States. In the article published ... Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Xpress

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U.S.Health Secretary RFK Jr. continues to sow doubt about vaccine safety.

Mon, 2025-04-14 10:24 — mike kraft

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection 'wanes very quickly' Though he endorsed measles vaccines, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to sow doubt about vaccine safety. NBC News

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine while in the same breath falsely claiming it hasn’t been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived.

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Budget cuts threatened measles spread in other states foillowing Texas outbreak

Mon, 2025-04-14 10:14 — mike kraft

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs. AP News

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Measles: US reports highest number of measles cases since 2019 --CDC

Fri, 2025-04-11 16:21 — mike kraft

US reports highest number of measles cases since 2019: CDC Measles cases have been confirmed in at least 24 states, CDC data shows. ABC News ABC News

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Among the nationally confirmed cases by the CDC, about 97% are in people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.

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U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Are Climbing as Vaccine Rates Decline

Fri, 2025-04-11 10:21 — mike kraft

Why You Should Also Worry About Whooping Cough Amid Measles Outbreak While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure. Duaa Eldeib,Patricia Callahan,Sarahbeth Maney ProPublica

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Overview: Federal budget cuts close vaccine clinics in various states

Thu, 2025-04-10 10:14 — mike kraft

As measles spreads, federal budget cuts force closure of vaccine clinics Federal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination outreach across the country, including in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Washington state. KFF Health News

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RFK Jr. publicly urges people to get the measles vaccine

Wed, 2025-04-09 11:19 — mike kraft

RFK Jr. publicly urges people to get the measles vaccine | CNN US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly urged people to get the measles vaccine in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday. Neha Mukherjee, John Bonifield CNN

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Measles: RFK Jr. supports vaccinations as 2nd unvaccinated child dies, and total U.S. cases top 600

Mon, 2025-04-07 10:39 — mike kraft

RFK says the "most effective way" to prevent measles spread is the MMR vaccine Kennedy has a long record of sowing skepticism about vaccines. Rebecca Falconer Axios

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Bird flu poultry farm reinfections show need for vaccines--experts say

Fri, 2025-03-28 09:54 — mike kraft

Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say Aggressive prevention including wider changes to poultry raising needed after at least 56 US farms doubly infected The Guardian

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Rising measles cases in Kansas may be linked to Texas and other outbreaks

Thu, 2025-03-27 10:49 — mike kraft

Measles cases rise to 23 in Kansas, may be linked to large multistate outbreak | CNN Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Neha Mukherjee, Deidre McPhillips CNN

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