According to Mayo Clinic, 1855 saw the first-ever vaccination requirement for students attending public schools in Massachusetts, and other states soon followed with their own vaccine mandates. […]
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Smith breaks down MCHD response to measles in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — A little over a month ago, a Monongalia County resident developed the first confirmed case of measles in West Virginia since 2009. The response from […]
Make sure measles case stays an outlier
Monongalia County has the first measles case in West Virginia in 15 years. That alone could stand as testament to the effectiveness of West Virginia’s vaccination policies […]
Measles in Mon County
An adult living in Monongalia County has the first confirmed case of measles in West Virginia in 15 years. Monongalia County Health Department learned Sunday that a […]
How measles reemerged as a threat
by Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In […]
Measles outbreak a vaccine wake-up call
by Lisa Jarvis A cluster of measles cases in the Northeast is putting a spotlight on how easily the highly contagious disease can spread — and how […]
The importance of vaccinations
It’s late fall and all the seasonal illnesses are making their rounds: colds, flu, COVID, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other respiratory viruses and infections. Unfortunately, modern […]
Risks of increased vaccine hesitancy
One of the lingering — and potentially disastrous — effects of the COVID pandemic is that more parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated against what […]
Vaccine disruptions, mistrust ramping up measles risk
by Saad B. Omer Pandemics have consequences beyond the death and disease directly caused by the novel pathogen. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more deaths were caused […]
Last year’s concerns are still prevalent
It’s interesting to look back at the summer of 2019 and consider the big public health concerns at the time. Two big topics were rabies and measles. […]
