April 9, 2019 Yeshiva schools ordered to exclude unvaccinated students amid measles surge The New York City Health Department ordered all ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in a neighborhood of Brooklyn on Monday to exclude unvaccinated students from classes during the current measles outbreak.
April 7, 2019 Norovirus outbreak hits Washington, DC, children’s hospital, health officials say A norovirus outbreak was reported at a children’s hospital in Washington, D.C., on Saturday after three patients tested positive for the contagious virus, health officials said.
April 5, 2019 200 patients warned of possible measles exposure via one little girl in California ER Almost 200 people could have been exposed to measles after a child with the disease was treated in the emergency room at the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) Children’s Hospital last month.
April 3, 2019 Massachusetts warns of possible measles exposure after confirmed case outside Boston Massachusetts health officials are warning residents about possible measles exposure after a confirmed case was reported in the greater Boston area on Sunday.
April 1, 2019 Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
April 1, 2019 Measles count in US this year already more than all of 2018 U.S. health officials report that the number of measles cases through the first three months of this year have surpassed the count for all of 2018.
March 29, 2019 Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to 139, officials said, as nearly 1 million vaccine doses were rushed to the region and health workers desperately tried to improvise treatment space for victims.
March 27, 2019 Dr. Marc Siegel: Measles – and vaccine non-compliance – meets public health Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a county-wide State of Emergency Tuesday over the ongoing measles outbreak that has reached 153 confirmed cases, the vast majority of whom are under the age of 18 and unvaccinated.
March 27, 2019 California may toughen vaccine exemption rules to block measles California would give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip vaccinations before attending school under legislation proposed Tuesday to counter what advocates call bogus exemptions.
March 26, 2019 New York county declares state of emergency over measles outbreak A county in New York state has declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak that has sickened 151 community members so far this year.