Tag: measles

12 MAY

Measles outbreak prompts Minnesota officials to request $5mn

Authorities in Minnesota are seeking $ 5 million to respond to the largest outbreak of measles in three decades, most of which involve unvaccinated Somali-American children. On Wednesday, Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Ed Ehlinger asked state lawmakers for $ 5 million to address the state’s growing infectious disease crises, which includes “the largest measles outbreak […]

11 MAY

Stockholm clinic probed for discouraging vaccination, says measles is good for child’s development

Published time: 10 May, 2017 23:57 A children’s clinic in Stockholm is being investigated after giving parents dubious information about vaccines and advising homeopathy, leaving their young patients at risk of developing potentially life-threatening diseases, local media report. Read more The Allvis clinic in the Sodermalm district, which practices alternative medicine, allegedly advised parents to […]

06 MAY

Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community

Enlarge / MINNEAPOLIS, MN – APRIL, 28: Lydia Fulton, LPN, administers the MMR vaccine to a child at Children’s Primary Care Clinic. (credit: Getty | The Washington Post) Minnesota is experiencing its largest measles outbreak since the 1990s following a targeted and intense effort by anti-vaccine groups there to spread the false belief that vaccinations cause autism. […]