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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz called for Dr. Joseph Ladapo to resign or be terminated over his refusal to declare a public health emergency over the Broward County outbreak.
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The highly contagious disease was reported by someone 20 to 24 years old in Polk. It's unknown if it's connected to a school outbreak in Broward, where a case involving a child under 5 was confirmed.
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In the wake of measles cases at a Broward school, Florida's surgeon general writes that the Department of Health “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance” without urging the need for MMR vaccinations.
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So far, it’s not known whether the students who acquired the highly contagious virus at Manatee Bay Elementary were immunized with the two-dose MMR vaccine.
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As respiratory virus activity picks up around the country, vaccine levels remain below last year's totals, according to the CDC. Cohen has been on national blitz to improve those numbers.
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It's not uncommon for cases of respiratory illness to rise in the winter months, but health officials are still encouraging vaccination to protect folks during gatherings.
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More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the political schism that emerged during the pandemic, experts say.
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Providers and advocates warn a proposed rule change in Montana would jeopardize immunity levels in child care centers and communities. Efforts to change exemption rules are underway in other states, too.
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New data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF show that the number of children getting vaccinated is rebounding globally.