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Tag: measles

**FILE** Courtesy of CDC/Sohail Ahmed, Pakistan
Posted inHealth

Millions of Children At Risk of Growing Measles Threat

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, according to a joint publication by the World Health Organization and the CDC. 

A patient takes aim against measles. (Courtesy of ourcommunitynow.com)
Posted inHealth

U.S. Faces Largest Measles Outbreak In 25 Years

by WI Guest Author July 17, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

HAY: CDC Should Avoid Preventable Vaccine ‘Deja Pneu’

by WI Guest Author June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
A patient takes aim against measles. (Courtesy of ourcommunitynow.com)
Posted inHamil R. Harris, Health

D.C. Health Dept. Takes Action Amid Measles Outbreak

by Hamil R. Harris June 19, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** India Ampah holds her son, Keon Lockhart, 1, as pediatrician Amanda Porro administers a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital in Miami on June 2, 2014. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Posted inHealth

Measles Outbreak Worst in Decades: CDC

by WI Guest Author April 30, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inHealth

More Children at Risk of Measles in Wake of Ebola Epidemic

by Washington Informer March 13, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

Tougher Laws a Likely Legacy of the Disneyland Measles Outbreak

by Washington Informer March 3, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

Majority of Pediatricians Agree to Delay Vaccinations

by Reporter II March 2, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

Amid Measles Outbreak, Few Rules on Teacher Vaccinations

by Washington Informer February 18, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

Mississippi, West Virginia Toughest on School Immunizations

by Washington Informer February 11, 2015October 30, 2020

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