News

DC-area pediatrician on CDC urging summer camp operators to screen for measles immunity
As measles cases near record levels in isolated areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging summer camps ...
A traveler infected with measles flew into Miami. What are the next steps?
Health officials have confirmed that a person infected with measles arrived in Miami earlier in June from Boston. The travelers flew into Miami International Airport on JetBlue flight 639, according ...
Nashville health experts 'baffled' by RFK Jr. changes to vaccine advisory board
Dr. James Hildreth, an epidemiologist and head of Meharry Medical College, said he is 'baffled' over RFK Jr.'s changes to CDC vaccine advisory panel.
KOIN on MSN1h
RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves raise fears ahead of next school year
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Wellbeing Whisper on MSN8h
Why Measles Is Back in the Spotlight and What Every Parent and Traveler Needs to Know Right Now
Measles is the most contagious disease that we know. It spreads with unbelievable efficiency, in a nonimmune or a partially immune population,” says Dr. Adam Ratner, pediatric infectious disease ...
KFF Health News5h
CDC To Summer Camps: Check For Documentation Of Measles Immunity
The directive comes as measles cases so far this year have hit 1,197 infections, which is fewer than 100 cases from surpassing the record 1,274 cases that were confirmed for all of 2019. Related news ...