Disruptions in vaccine coverage and spread of misinformation about vaccine safety have led to a sharp rise in pediatric illnesses and deaths.
Pertussis, also called whooping cough, remains a major cause of vaccine-preventable deaths—especially among infants.
The CDC says drug-resistant bacteria and fungi cause 9.7 million infections and 50,800 US deaths a year.
Compliance with isolation and quarantine guidance and public health messaging may have helped control the outbreak, which involved 26 cases.
Both a new system to pay doctors for reporting vaccine harms and a new clinic are built in a way that will increase recorded injuries whether or not actual injuries rise.
The uptick likely reflects the fact that adults born since the 1960s are increasingly at risk of colorectal cancer as they age, the authors say.
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