HEALTHBEAT
APRIL 16, 2025
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. But the state remains vulnerable, with overall measles vaccination rates below national averages and below the 95% rate needed to prevent widespread community transmission, known as herd immunity. If they dont report, were calling them.
HEALTHBEAT
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Importantly, 97% is above the threshold needed to reach herd immunity for measles (95% must be vaccinated to prevent outbreaks). Receipt of 1 MMR dose by 2 years of age.
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HEALTHBEAT
MARCH 12, 2025
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. The New York State Department of Health has reported a case of measles in a Long Island child, the states first case confirmed outside of New York City this year. Heres what to know and how to protect yourself.
The Hill
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in Gaines County and the surrounding communities, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said on Friday. The majority of cases in Texas involve children under the age of 17, the Texas DSHS said. Thirteen have been hospitalized.
HEALTHBEAT
MARCH 7, 2025
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. With measles cases on the rise in the United States, public health experts in New York are encouraging vaccination against the highly contagious virus. Both cases involved unvaccinated infants, who have since recovered. But outbreaks are rare.
Association of Health Care Journalists
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Last month, nearly 4,000 people (experts, researchers and journalists) gathered in Seattle for the Gerontological Society of Americas annual scientific meeting on aging. What will happen to the National Institute on Aging? Theres nothing in this proposal that indicates where other aging research would be housed.
KFF Health News
DECEMBER 6, 2024
The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases. Now, after backlash against public health interventions culminated in President-elect Donald Trump’s nominating Robert F.
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