Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
Will the Pacific Northwest measles outbreak jump over to the East Bay?
In 2015, a measles outbreak spread across California, sickening hundreds of people. The outbreak spread across the West Coast as well as Mexico and Canada, and led the California legislature to outlaw vaccine exemptions based on personal beliefs. Removing the exemption has caused vaccination rates across the state to increase dramatically, including in the Bay…
Read MoreOakland Unified, new state law creates tougher vaccine enforcement
The passing of SB 277 is already having effects on the Oakland Unified School District, but not necessarily in the ways one would expect.
Read MoreAfter measles outbreak, interest in vaccines increases
It’s not over yet. The measles outbreak, which started in December, 2014, at a Disneyland theme park in Orange County, is still ongoing in the United States, and has now reached Mexico and Canada, where more than 100 people have been reported to have the disease. By March 6, 17 US states and the District…
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