Second Death From Measles Reported in Unvaccinated Adult in New Mexico
2025-03-07
Death marks second fatality in growing outbreak, following the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child in TexasContinue Reading
CDC Sends Experts to Texas as Measles Outbreak Grows
2025-03-05
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a team to help local health officials respond. The CDC announced the plan on X, explaining that its Epidemic IntelligenceContinue Reading
Measles Outbreak in Texas Claims Life of Unvaccinated Child
2025-02-27
Number of measles cases has risen to 124 in Gaines County, Texas, since JanuaryContinue Reading
Texas Measles Outbreak Spreads to New Mexico as Case Numbers Near 100
2025-02-24
Majority of cases presenting in unvaccinated individuals; at least 16 patients hospitalizedContinue Reading
Number of Measles Cases Now 58 in West Texas Outbreak
2025-02-20
Four cases identified in self-reported vaccinated individuals; 13 patients have required hospitalizationContinue Reading
Number Infected Now 24 in Texas County Measles Outbreak
2025-02-13
All the cases are in unvaccinated residents of Gaines County; nine patients have required hospitalizationContinue Reading
Texas County Reports Measles Outbreak Among Unvaccinated Children
2025-02-07
Gaines County, Texas, has very high number of vaccine exemptions compared with the national averageContinue Reading
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Reducing Childhood Vaccinations
2025-01-24
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine is leading some parents to skip important vaccinations for their children. Young children of parents who declined the COVID vaccine are about 25% less likely to get the standard measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, researchers reported in a new studyContinue Reading
Has RSV Vaccine Hesitancy Subsided?
2024-12-27
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More Americans believe in the effectiveness of vaccines developed to protect newborns and seniors against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). More than half of U.S. adults (52%) think the RSV vaccine given to pregnant women will protect newborns from the infection, up from 42%Continue Reading
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Big Tobacco’s Challenge to Cigarette Warning Labels
2024-11-25
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a major tobacco company’s challenge to a federal law that would mandate graphic images on cigarette packs. Some of the proposed images include a woman with a large lump on her neck alongside theContinue Reading