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Antivax Parents Sue Over Mandatory Vaccination Order In New York (Which Has A Major Measles Outbreak)
A group of five unnamed mothers are suing the city of New York, trying to get it to block a mandatory measles-mumps-rubella vaccination order city officials ordered earlier this month in specific ZIP codes in Brooklyn amid a major measles outbreak.
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New York City Orders Williamsburg Residents To Get Vaccinated For Measles Or Face $1,400 Fine
If using the law to corral antivaxxers doesn’t work at first, try, try again. At least, that seems to be the lesson learned by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. On Tuesday, he declared a state of emergency and mandated residents of the Williamsburg neighbourhood, where an outbreak of measles has been raging since…
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Texas Lawmaker Completely Unconcerned About Measles Outbreak Because Of ‘Antibiotics’
Some lawmakers in Texas are apparently very unworried about the growing number of epidemics across the country involving diseases once nearly eradicated by vaccines, including a five-county one in their state. A few of them are even pushing a bill that would make it even easier to opt out of vaccinations, the Texas Observer reported…
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An American Aid Worker Is Being Monitored For Signs Of Ebola
An American medical worker in Africa may have had too close a brush with the deadly Ebola virus that is currently devastating the Democratic Republic of Congo. He returned to the U.S. and is now at a hospital in Nebraska, where doctors are keeping a close eye on him.