Wisconsin
(The Center Square) – Southwestern Wisconsin is seeing more measles cases after the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced two new measles cases in Grant County.
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Montana
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, Mont. — People in Beaverhead County who use TRICARE can get an emergency refill of their prescription medicine through Aug. 27 because of the Sand Creek Fire.
Canada
Quebec is undertaking an animal vaccination program to control the spread of rabies among raccoons because there’s been a significant increase in the number of infected raccoons in the Montérégie and Estrie regions and raccoon rabies has infected a stray (feral) cat in that region.
New Mexico
The New Mexico Department of Health announced this week that an unvaccinated adult in southeastern New Mexico tested positive for measles, marking the state’s 18th case this year as the U.S. sees its highest number of cases in more than three decades.
Wisconsin
A report earlier this week of a couple of measles cases in Southwest Wisconsin has turned into an outbreak, with 13 more confirmed cases and six probable cases of the viral illness, the state health department reported Thursday. The outbreak, in Iowa and Lafayette counties, highlights the importance of getting vaccinated for measles, considered the […]
Commentary
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Virginia
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to alter childhood vaccine guidance, Virginia’s Department of Health on Tuesday reaffirmed the state’s requirements and recommendations for all children to be vaccinated. VDH Commissioner Dr. Cameron Webb said that Virginia families should trust the state’s decisions to be “grounded in the best available science.” “The […]
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that changes the federal government’s recommendations for the childhood vaccination schedule, spacing some vaccinations further apart and eliminating others altogether.
Virginia
(The Center Square) – Virginia health officials are monitoring for additional dengue cases after confirming the first documented infection acquired within the state.
Kansas
TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a gastrointestinal illness typically caused by an organism on produce rose to 615 as of Wednesday, up about 150 cases from last week, according to a state infectious disease dashboard. Cyclosporiasis cases nationally rose to more than 6,300 and two deaths linked to the outbreak occurred in Michigan, the Centers […]
