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The Washington state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would remove the personal belief exemption from the required vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Here, people protest the related house bill outside Washington's Legislative Building in

Washington State Senate Passes Bill Removing Exemption For Measles Vaccine

5:29pm April 18, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The bill removes the personal belief exemption from required childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Seventeen states allow exemptions based on philosophical objections.

More than 285 cases of the measles have been reported in New York since October. Nearly all are associated with people who live in the Williamsburg or Borough Park neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

New York Declares Health Emergency As Measles Spreads In Parts Of Brooklyn

8:07pm April 09, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"We cannot allow this dangerous disease to make a comeback here in New York City. We have to stop it now," Mayor Bill de Blasio said, announcing an order that calls for mandatory vaccinations.

Measles is a highly contagious illness that can cause serious health problems, including brain damage, deafness and, in rare cases, death. Vaccination can prevent measles infections.

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Defying Parents, A Teen Decides To Get Vaccinated

3:15pm February 09, 2019

by Amanda Morris

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he's 18, he's finally getting his shots.

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Amber Gorrow and her daughter, Eleanor, 3, pick out a show to watch after Eleanor's nap at their home in Vancouver, Wash., on Wednesday. Eleanor has gotten her first measles vaccine, but Gorrow's son, Leon, 8 weeks, is still too young to be immunized.

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Measles Cases Mount In Pacific Northwest Outbreak

3:34pm February 08, 2019

by Jonathan Lambert

So far this year, 55 measles cases have been confirmed in Washington state, most of them in unvaccinated children. The outbreak's epicenter is Clark County, Wash., just north of Portland, Ore.

A measles outbreak in Washington State has triggered a state of emergency. In Clark County, where 35 cases have been reported, 31 were not immunized.

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Washington State Officials Declare State Of Emergency As Measles Outbreak Continues

9:36pm January 28, 2019

As of Monday, public health authorities reported 36 cases, most affecting children under the age of 10. All but four of those with the highly contagious disease have not been vaccinated.

Khadra Abdulle, a resident of St. Paul, stops to shop at the Riverside Market in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. It's the inaccurate information about a link between vaccines and autism, she says, that's keeping some well-meaning parents

Unfounded Autism Fears Are Fueling Minnesota's Measles Outbreak

11:33pm May 03, 2017

by Mark Zdechlik

State health officials are struggling to contain a measles outbreak that has sickened mostly Somali-American children. The vaccination rate is low in this tight community that's worried about autism.

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Childhood Vaccination Rates Climb In California

3:35pm January 21, 2016

by Lisa Aliferis

State health officials suspect California's big measles outbreak last year helped persuade parents to get their kids immunized against other illnesses, too.

Most of the people who got measles in last year's outbreaks hadn't been vaccinated with the MMR vaccine.

After Measles Outbreaks, Parents Shift Their Thinking On Vaccines

2:04pm July 07, 2015

by Nancy Shute

The widely publicized measles outbreak linked to California theme parks appears to have made parents more confident about vaccine safety and benefits, a national poll finds.

A photo from April shows protesters in Sacramento, Calif., rallying against a bill that would require all school-age children to be vaccinated. The state Senate just passed the measure.

Calif. Moves Closer To Banning Vaccine 'Personal Belief' Exemptions

5:49pm May 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The bill would require children to be vaccinated against measles and other diseases before entering kindergarten. If it becomes law, it would be among the strictest in the nation.

Sara Martín reads bedtime stories with her children. When the kids were younger, she says, staying up to date on their frequent immunizations was tough, because of cost and transportation issues.

Schools Not Keeping Track When Kids Are Behind On Their Shots

9:18am February 11, 2015

by Rebecca Plevin

California lets kindergartners start school as long as they've had the first dose of all required vaccines. But some schools aren't tracking whether such kids end up getting all the doses they need.

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