Part One: Why Ask at All? By Dr. Lara Zibners “Oh, you know, we never had baby gates, because, you know, of the controversy.” This was the response I got from a mom at a playgroup after some ran
As a long-time staffer for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Sarah Despres knows a bit about Congress. As counsel working on public health issues for the Democratic staff of the House Government Reform
It’s all over the news. Measles cases across the U.S. are appearing in record numbers. In a special briefing held by the CDC this afternoon, it was announced that the U.S. is expe
The CDC has recently reported that the United States is experiencing a record number of measles cases this year with outbreaks spread from New York to California. Despite the fact that measles
Last week New York City health officials announced that there was a measles outbreak in Manhattan and the Bronx. So far they have identified 16 cases of measles, representing the worst outbreak in t
Last week, the CDC released the 2012 National and State NIS Data for Children, for ages 19 to 35 months. The report indicated that 90% of children in the U.S. are fully immunized for measles, mumps an
It’s never good news when we hear of people in this country suffering from vaccine preventable diseases like measles. Especially since endemic measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000
There are now over 750 cases of measles in Wales with 72 cases being reported since Thursday. Unfortunately, as can be expected with measles, as many as 77 people have been hospitalized since
My eleven year old daughter has a wonderfully imaginative sense of humor and loves telling fancy tales. This may explain why one of her favorite authors is Roald Dahl. Just the other day she was in
For the past few weeks, I have written several posts detailing measles outbreaks across the country and there has been quite a bit of coverage in the news regarding measles these days. Liz Szabo, of