The results indicate that enlisting parents in advocacy efforts could help with awareness campaigns.
Pennsylvania has had 27 new cases this week, and the US is in territory not charted since 1991.
The case-fatality rate for the Ebola outbreak is 40%.
More states are reporting outcomes following measles infection.
Since June 1, the USDA has tracked 41 cases of New World screwworm.
States showed only modest gains this week, but Utah’s outbreak reached 510 infections.
Physicians at the South Carolina hospital system note that 2 patients developed measles encephalitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the brain.
Measles erasing your ability to fight infection long term. Hospitalization. Brain swelling. None of this shows up in a case-fatality rate.
A new study finds that children receiving the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine are more likely to be vaccinated in safety-net clinics or eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
UN officials note some increases in childhood vaccination worldwide, but more work needs to be done to reach zero-dose children and combat vaccine hesitancy.
