Monday, February 02, 2015

TODAY’S MEASLES NEWS: Doctors are making mistakes, schools are breaking the law, Obama’s for vaccination, Chris Christie waffles+wobbles, the numbers grow and the spots fester

from the LA Times Website | http://lat.ms/1DytWFI

Feb 2, 2015 | as of 3pm

 

Some doctors are flubbing measles diagnoses: Here's why

CALIFORNIA

Some doctors are flubbing measles diagnoses: Here's why

Rong-Gong Lin II, Rosanna Xia

... some physicians are missing diagnoses of measles cases. Here are a few reasons why. Missing ... begin, said Dr. James Cherry, a UCLA measles expert and primary editor of the Textbook ... miss the telltale rash that develops with measles. The California Department of Public ...

Measles outbreak Q&A: Some schools breaking law on vaccinations

CALIFORNIA

Measles outbreak Q&A: Some schools breaking law on vaccinations

Rong-Gong Lin II

... s personal beliefs, yet only 84% of the class is vaccinated for measles. Experts say that when the vaccination rate of a population is 92% or lower for a disease like measles, outbreaks are more likely to spread. . Schools were required to ...

Obama urges parents to vaccinate children for measles

Politics Now

Obama urges parents to vaccinate children for measles

Associated Press

... Obama's comments to NBC came as the U.S. grapples with a measles outbreak traced back to California's Disneyland theme park ... rescued from this situation,” Obama said. On the measles outbreak that has spread to more than 100 people, Obama said ...

Christie's vaccination wobble: Predictable, cynical and unacceptable

Robin Abcarian

Christie's vaccination wobble: Predictable, cynical and unacceptable

Robin Abcarian

... urgency of vaccinating children against measles, mumps and rubella on a trip to England ... mdash; think of him. At a moment when measles — declared eliminated in the U ... his four children are vaccinated against measles, but refused to take a stand on behalf ...

Vaccines: Delayed immunization schedule can be deadly, experts say

CALIFORNIA

Vaccines: Delayed immunization schedule can be deadly, experts say

Rong-Gong Lin II

... more aggressively than it does to the measles vaccine. The body needs to develop roughly ... proteins in a typical strep throat. The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, known as MMR ... learns how to keep the body healthy from measles, mumps and rubella. Why is a delayed ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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