vaccinations
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A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan
Medical residents flooded Stanford Hospital on Friday in protest after executives there reportedly used a faulty algorithm to triage its first wave of vaccinations and overwhelmingly left out caregivers working on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic.
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Is It Illegal To Refuse To Vaccinate Your Kid In New York? This Court Says Yes
Amidst a major measles outbreak in New York and other areas across the country, five unnamed mothers sued New York City to bar the municipality from requiring people to have measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. But a Brooklyn judge has upheld the mandate.
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Pinterest Quietly Blocks All Vaccine-Related Searches, Which Is One Solution, I Guess
The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organisation added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019. Social media companies are drawing criticism for not doing more to prevent the spread of misinformation about vaccines and Pinterest has come up with a novel solution: just don’t…
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Even A Tiny Dip In Measles Vaccinations Could Have Disastrous Consequences
Modest reductions in measles vaccination rates among US children are poised to produce an inordinate number of new cases of the disease, while increasing annual public health expenditures by at least $3 million, according to new research.