Tag Archives: Measles

More than 150 unvaccinated students in South Carolina are under mandatory 21-day quarantine due to a measles outbreak affecting two schools in Spartanburg County. State health officials confirmed measles cases at both schools — Global Academy of South Carolina and Fairforest Elementary School — as part of an outbreak that has contributed to South Carolina’s total of 11 confirmed measles …

More than 150 unvaccinated students quarantined in South Carolina measles outbreak  AOL.com U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country  NPR South Carolina measles outbreak rises as schools with low vaccination see new cases  USA Today More than 150 schoolchildren quarantined as US measles cases hit 33-year high  BBC 153 unvaccinated students quarantining after measles exposure at South Carolina schools  CBS News …

Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin school district’s kindergarteners in the fall of 2019 failed to comply with the state’s vaccine reporting requirements. Five years later, the Austin Independent School District had some of the state’s highest number of kindergarteners who neglected those state requirements — about 1 …

Health officials in South Carolina are warning that the highly infectious measles virus is spreading undetected in communities in the northern part of the state, specifically Spartanburg and Greenville counties. Last week, officials in Greenville identified an eighth measles case that is potentially linked to the outbreak. Seven outbreak cases had been confirmed since September 25 in neighboring Spartanburg, where …

At least 153 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.  In a media briefing on Thursday, officials confirmed these students were exposed contacts without immunity, leaving them to be excluded from school until the period of potential disease transmission has ended.  The schools, Spartanburg County’s Global Academy and Fairforest Elementary School, are …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Before the pandemic helped fuel the growth of vaccine politicization across the country, less than 1% of Austin …

Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine, at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1 in Lubbock, Texas. West Texas saw a measles outbreak this year. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly …

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting  The Washington Post ‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC is facing another round of deep staff cuts  CNN Trump Administration Will Rehire Measles Experts Fired in Error  The New York Times Mass firings hit CDC  Politico Trump fires dozens of CDC officials in shutdown layoffs  The Hill Source link

Measles cases climb in Minnesota, part of largest U.S. outbreak since 2000  AOL.com Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks  NBC News Minnesota’s measles case count jumps to 20, with most unvaccinated children  CBS News Measles-free status in jeopardy in the Americas as outbreaks continue  Reuters US sees highest number of measles cases in 33 years  KFOR.com Source link

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases  The New York Times ‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC is facing another round of deep staff cuts  CNN Mass firings hit CDC  Politico Trump fires dozens of CDC officials in shutdown layoffs: Reports  The Hill Donald Trump’s War on Public Health Enters a New Phase  Mother Jones Source link