Quick Takes: US COVID uptick, new polio cases in 4 countries, measles outbreak in Michigan The CDC said COVID-19 activity is rising in several parts of the country and test positivity and emergency department visits are up nationally.

Not a good day for public health: Officials reporting polio cases in 4 countries, a new measles outbreak in Michigan and rising cases of COVID. #VaccinePreventableDiseases #VaccinesSaveLives #GetVaxxed

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And now, just 300 years later, we're using a mix of willful ignorance, self-interest, and dont-giva-damn to make America and its children g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ sick or dead. Again.

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#vaccinepreventablediseases #episky #IDsky #ScienceMatters
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#FAFO if #measlesvaccine rates continue dropping -or even if they stay where they are today- the US faces endemic #measles rates in 20 yrs. This disease was eliminated except for imported ( travel, refugee) cases. #vaccinepreventablediseases #publichealthmatters @apha.org #vaccinesaveslives

Culturally Sensitive and Targeted Interventions Needed to Enhance Hepatitis A Vaccination Among LGBTQ+ Adults | Newswise A new study from Rutgers School of Public Health researchers underscores disparities in hepatitis A vaccination among men who have sex with men, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups. T...

Culturally Sensitive and Targeted Interventions Needed to Enhance Hepatitis A Vaccination Among LGBTQ+ Adults
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#HepatitisAwareness #VaccinePreventableDiseases #diseases #infectiousdiseases #menwhohavesexwithmen #HepatitisB

A great thread #vaccines #Immunisation #VaccinePreventableDiseases #Outbreaks #Policy #AntiVaxxers #MMR #PublicTrust #PublicHealth

Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more than 100 people.

Brace yourselves for more. #VaccinePreventableDiseases.

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Whooping Cough (Bordetella Pertussis) aka the 100 day cough

Thank you Dr. Scott Krugman for educating via science & evidence based medicine.

#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork #Vaccines #Vaccinate #PutKids1st #VaccinePreventableDiseases #Pertussis #PedSky #MedSky

HIB (Hemophilus Influenza B)

Sharing so as to spread education & awareness, as a pediatrician, from a pediatrician. Thank you Dr. Scott Krugman for educating via science & evidence based medicine.

#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork #Vaccines #Vaccinate #PutKids1st #VaccinePreventableDiseases #HIB

Measles

Sharing so as to spread education & awareness, as a pediatrician, from a pediatrician. Thank you Dr. Scott Krugman for educating via science & evidence based medicine.

#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork #Vaccines #Vaccinate #PutKids1st #VaccinePreventableDiseases #Measles