Tag: Vaccination
As bird flu wreaks havoc in the Midwest, researchers say vaccines offer a way out
This article is the first in a series called The Great Lakes Promise: Cost, Resilience and Refuge. This series was made possible in partnership between Great Lakes Now and Planet Detroit.
Bird flu has hit the Great Lakes region hard this winter, killing nearly 5 million birds — including laying hens, ducks and other fowl — in Ohio and Indiana in the past two months.
Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick source of Ontario measles outbreak
A measles outbreak that has infected scores of unvaccinated children in Southwestern Ontario reportedly had its start at a Mennonite religious gathering in New Brunswick last year. In a March 7 letter to Ontario’s health units, the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said there was “an exposure at a large gathering […]
The Week Ahead: Opioid settlement funds and measles
Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.
Baranyai: Feeding vaccine hesitancy amid measles outbreak irresponsible
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. The only way to contain it is vaccination uptake of least 95 per cent.
Carstairs: Canadians must come together to fight resurgence of measles
Canadians must bond to fight the growing spread of measles, and the best way to do that is by vaccination, two experts say