Pediatricians didn’t sign up to be content creators. But when parents started walking into exam rooms rattled by something they saw online—about vaccines, about Tylenol, about autism—some doctors decided to meet them where the confusion started. Now they’re on social media, debunking[...]
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On This Day | Before Vaccines? Quarintines
Officer Kimball was ordered to the home of Mr. McHenry in this city Saturday morning to quarantine the residence. Several members of the family have bad cases of small pox. There are quite a number of cases of small pox in the[...]
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Shaw: A huge step backwards
In the early 1990s, North Dakota was the only state in the country without a single measles case. Today, it has the highest measles rate in the nation. That’s the backdrop for the latest blow: a federal panel, stacked with appointees from[...]
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Explainer: Why are hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns?
A national vaccine advisory panel has reversed a decades-old recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a move that public health experts say could weaken hard-won progress against the virus. The new guidance limits the birth-dose to infants[...]
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South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free measles vaccines to adults[...]
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The Rise of Pet-Vaccine Hesitancy – and Why It Matters
Vaccine resistance in the United States isn’t limited to people. Alongside skepticism toward routine childhood and some adult vaccines, veterinarians are seeing the same hesitation spread to pets. What was once a routine part of preventive care has become a fraught interaction[...]
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A New Kind of Vaccine Offers Hope for Surviving Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer research is edging into a new frontier, and scientists say one of its most promising tools is something most of us first met during the pandemic: mRNA vaccines. Long before they helped fend off COVID-19, researchers were exploring how this technology[...]
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On This Day | Rabid Mouse Takes a Bite
Minot Mayor H. C. Kiehn and First District Health Unit Director Dr. F. E. Wheelon announced Friday that in response to a telegram from State Veterinarian T. O. Brandenberg they were urging Minot people [...]Read More... from On This Day | Rabid[...]
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Canada Just Lost Its Measles-Free Status. The U.S. Could Soon Follow
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Americas are no longer measles-free. The Pan American Health Organization announced that Canada has lost its elimination status after more than a year of ongoing transmission, marking a reversal of the region’s 2016[...]
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The Trump administration move to study aluminum in vaccines worries scientists
The Trump administration is taking a closer look at aluminum salts — a key ingredient in many vaccines for nearly a century — and that’s raising alarm among public health experts. Aluminum helps vaccines work better by strengthening the immune response, and[...]
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New Research Suggests COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment
What began as a tool to fight a virus may now help fight cancer. Researchers at the University of Florida have found that mRNA vaccines — the same kind used against COVID-19 — could supercharge the immune system’s ability to destroy tumors.[...]
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Cancer Vaccine Blocks Multiple Tumors in Mice For 250 Days
A cancer vaccine that prevents tumors before they form — that’s the breakthrough researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are chasing. In early mouse studies, their experimental vaccine trained the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, preventing multiple types[...]
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On This Day | Aiming For 100%
According to Sig Olness, Ward County chairman for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the organization is shooting for 100% polio protection in Ward County by December 1 of this year. Mr. Olness pointed [...]Read More... from On This Day | Aiming[...]
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Minnesota adds two cases to measles surge amid decline in routine vaccinations
Minnesota’s battle against measles is resurfacing — and this time, it’s fueled by choice, not chance. With vaccination exemptions more than doubling in recent years, the state is seeing its highest measles case count in decades, all among the unvaccinated. Public health[...]
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Vaccines Are One of the Most Amazing Achievements of Humanity
Vaccines are a vital tool that saves millions of lives annually. Concerningly, the U.S. government wants to cut funding for a key organization that saves lives worldwide through immunization. Amid vaccine safety debates, the world is witnessing a rise in measles cases.[...]
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On This Day | Polio Season Comes in Mild
However this summer one new county was added to the unit territory, Bottineau, and last week the authorities there reported to the state government that there have been 34 mild cases of polio in [...]Read More... from On This Day | Polio[...]