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California Governor Signs Bill Limiting School Vaccine ExemptionsCalifornia Governor Signs Bill Limiting School Vaccine Exemptions
California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill eliminating the state's personal beliefs exemption for school vaccine requirements - legislation that was prompted by a measles outbreak at Disneyland linked to low vaccination rates. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Attorneys Seek to Challenge California's New School Vaccination LawAttorneys Seek to Challenge California's New School Vaccination Law
Opponents of California's new law tightening school vaccination rules said on Wednesday they had put together a team of attorneys to challenge the measure, which was prompted by a measles outbreak at Disneyland that sickened more than 100 people. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - July 6, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Liberia Carries Out Vaccination Campaign
A massive vaccination campaign in Liberia that was suspended because of the Ebola outbreak last year was renewed as part of the effort to restore health care services in the country (http://bit.ly/1QsVC5N). In May of this year, the Liberian government declared the Ebola outbreak to be over and worked with the World Health Organization and other partners to organize a nationwide week-long campaign to vaccinate more than 600 000 children younger than 5 years against measles and polio and provide deworming medicine (http://bit.ly/1AKW4Jg).
Source: JAMA - July 21, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
UCLA researchers create smartphone-based device that reads medical diagnostic tests quickly and accurately
Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay, or ELISA, is a diagnostic tool that identifies antigens such as viruses and bacteria in blood samples. ELISA can detect a number of diseases, including HIV, West Nile virus and hepatitis B, and it is widely used in hospitals. It can also be used to identify potential allergens in food, among other applications.
A team of researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has developed a new mobile phone-based device that can read ELISA plates in the field with the same level of accuracy as the large machines normally found in clinical laboratories.
The research, published onlin...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 27, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
How to convince vaccine skeptics -- and how not to
(University of California - Los Angeles) Many skeptics of vaccinating their children can be convinced to do so, but only if it is presented a certain way, a team of psychologists reports this week. The finding is especially important because three times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014 as in 2013.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Africa: Immunization Prevents Three Million Deaths Yearly
[Foroyaa] The World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in the Gambia, Dr. Charles Segun Moses, has said that immunization prevents between 2 and 3 million deaths every year.He added that it protects children not only against diseases for which vaccines have been available for many years, such as diphtheria, tetanus, polio and measles, but also against diseases such as pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhoea, 2 of the biggest killers of children under five.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 3, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Study finds state policies influence vaccination, disease outbreak rates
(University of Georgia) Lax state vaccination laws contribute to lower immunization rates and increased outbreaks of preventable diseases -- like whooping cough and measles -- according to a new study from the University of Georgia.Through their research, released in the August issue of the journal Health Affairs, study authors David Bradford and Anne Mandich found higher rates of pertussis, or whooping cough, in states that allowed philosophical exemptions and used a standardized exemption form.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
UCLA faculty voice: A win for vaccines, but worries remain
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Dr. Nina Shapiro
Dr. Nina Shapiro is director of pediatric otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat conditions) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of head and neck surgery. This op-ed was published July 23 in the Wall Street Journal.
In a growing number of states, parents can no longer refuse to immunize their children due to conflicting “personal beliefs” — at least not if they want their children to attend school. California recently joined West Virginia and Mississippi in requiring a medical exemption from a physician to permit a child to enter school without being immunized. Gov. Je...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 7, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Sudan: WHO - 16 Million Sudanese Children Need Measles Vaccination
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -A raging measles outbreak endangering the lives of children in Sudan threatens to get out of control, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Ntcheu District Health Office Starts Preparing for the Withdraw of Oral Polio Vaccine By 2020
[Malawi News Agency] In preparation for the for the withdraw of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) by 2019, Ntcheu District Health Office with funding from United Nations Children's Fund has trained over 640 health workers and 370 local leaders on the introduction of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and second dose of measles vaccine.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 24, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Two Children Dead, 10 in Hospital After Vaccination
[The Star] Two children died and 10 others were admitted after a measles vaccination in Marakwet East sub county on Tuesday.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 9, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Two Marakwet Kids Die After Measles Dose
[The Star] Two children died yesterday and 10 others were admitted in hospital following a measles vaccination in Marakwet East subcounty.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 9, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Pathologists Investigate Kerio Valley Measles Deaths
[Nation] A team of government pathologists from Nairobi were on Wednesday sent to Kerio Valley to carry out investigations into Tuesday's mysterious deaths of two minors after a botched measles vaccination.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 10, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Children Who Died After Measles Vaccine Were Injected By a Cleaner
[Nation] The two children who died in Kerio Valley in Elgeyo-Marakwet on Monday after a measles vaccine, were injected by a cleaner, the government said Wednesday.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 10, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Community to Sue Elgeyo-Marakwet County Govt Over Killer Vaccine
[Nation] The community that lost two infants to Tuesday's botched measles vaccination Thursday said it would sue the Elgeyo-Marakwet County Government for negligence.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 11, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
