Latest Immunizations News
UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. WHO authorized the vaccine, made by EuBiologics,...
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. April 13, 2024. Editorial: Michigan should restore inmate good time credits A ballot drive to return good time prison sentence reductions to Michigan is failing, but there’s a chance to revive the idea with a twist that could make the corrections...
US measles cases are up in 2024. What's driving the increase?
Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts' concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. One of the world's most contagious diseases, measles can lead to potentially serious complications. The best defense, according to experts? Get vaccinated....
Conservative hoaxers to pay up to $1.25M under agreement with New York over 2020 robocall scheme
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two conservative political operatives who orchestrated a robocall campaign to dissuade Black people from voting in the 2020 election have agreed to pay up to $1.25 million under a settlement with New York state, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday. The...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 29, 2024. Editorial: Justice made right call in vetoing anti-vax bill Gov. Jim Justice is to be commended for not only doing the right thing, but also bucking political expedience in vetoing a bill that would have loosened West...
Editorial Roundup: Minnesota
Minneapolis Star-Tribune. March 29, 2024. Editorial: Make a bigger push to improve grad rates Minnesota’s high schools need to keep working on attendance issues, struggling students. The slight decrease in Minnesota’s 2023 high school graduation...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Valdosta Daily Times. March 22, 2024. Editorial: Vaccination key to measles eradication After the millions of Covid-19 cases reported during the pandemic, 58 cases of measles in three months doesn’t seem to qualify as an outbreak, but after nearly eradicating the...
West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S....
Millions in the UK are being urged to get vaccinations during a surge in measles cases
LONDON (AP) — U.K. health officials on Monday urged millions of parents to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots during a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest vaccination rates in a decade. The National Health Service is launching a...
