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The government’s chief scientific advisor admitted that vaccines for new viruses are “long shots” and that “only some end up being successful”.

Dozens of children have died as a result of the ongoing measles epidemic in Samoa, prompting a shutdown of the entire government, with all public servants enlisted to help implement the country’s mass vaccination campaign. 

Anti-vaccination campaigners have triggered the return of polio in the Philippines, the country’s Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told reporters on Friday.

The Hepatitis A virus is reportedly spreading across the country in the wake of the opioid crisis, mostly affecting drug users and the homeless.

The current measles outbreak in the United States is so widespread the country could lose its “measles free” status in the coming months.

As the number of measles cases reported reaches the highest number since the highly contagious disease was eliminated in the United States in 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health and Human Services (HHS) are speaking out about the need for people to use the safe and effective vaccine to end the outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Monday that 626 cases of measles had been reported in 22 states.

The CDC reports more measles cases have been documented in the first three months of 2019 than in all of 2018.

Fundraising site GoFundMe has joined Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, YouTube, and Pinterest in banning anti-vaccination content.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (GPH) has confirmed three cases of measles in the metro Atlanta area. Two were identified on January 13 and one on January 26. All three cases were for individuals who were members of the same family and were not vaccinated, according to GPH.

An analysis of World Health Organization data shows measles breaking 60,000 cases in 2018 — with twice as many deaths.

Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean screenwriter Terry Rossio was slammed on Saturday after comparing the term “anti-vax” to the N-word.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are chasing expected ballooning numbers of cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).

On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a case of “acute flaccid myelitis” (AFM) in an unnamed Oklahoma minor.

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston fired a nurse Tuesday for posting medical information about a toddler who tested positive for measles on a Facebook anti-vaccination page.

Up to 57,000 children whose parents who opted out of school vaccinations could fuel an outbreak of measles in Texas, according to a Baylor College of Medicine dean. The numbers of non-vaccinated children is 20 percent higher than a report from 2003.

Measles is a highly contagious virus, inflicting high fevers, cough, runny nose, and eye inflammation. Still, its most characteristic symptom is the rash that spreads from the hairline down across the entirety of the body.

California reported 36 flu deaths for the week ending February 3, as the influenza pandemic is on track to be worse than the 2009 outbreak of swine flu.

California’s reported deaths from the ongoing influenza epidemic jumped over 50 percent, from 15 for the first week of 2018 to 32 for the second week of 2018.

The State of California is reporting that the deadly 2017-2018 flu epidemic is running at 300 percent above average for the last five years.

Health officials have confirmed that the highly-contagious measles outbreak has sickened nearly two dozen people and has struck at least two Jewish day schools in Los Angeles County.

California Parents saw the institution of a new vaccine mandate on Friday barring new students from entering or seventh graders from advancing in school unless they have a list of shots required by the state pushing some parents to move out of state.

Robert DeNiro and the Tribeca Film Festival have cancelled the premiere of a controversial anti-vaccination film that had been slated to screen at the New York City festival.

Vaccination rates seem to be rising in California on their own–long before the state’s controversial new mandatory vaccination law takes effect in July 2016.

A free nasal vaccine for seasonal flu rolled out to primary school pupils may not be given to Muslim children because it contains pig gelatine. The nasal vaccine, part of a drive to protect the health of schoolchildren through the winter,

The government of Sierra Leone received a mere six-day respite from fighting Ebola, as a new case announced today resets the countdown clock to declaring the nation Ebola-free. The body of a 67-year-old woman in remote Kambia district has tested positive for the virus.

GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s campaign is hitting back after mainstream media reports circled about her stance on vaccinations.

Actor Jim Carrey railed against a new California vaccination law on Tuesday and called Gov. Jerry Brown a “corporate fascist who must be stopped.”

A prominent Central Texas regional clinic will no longer accept as patients children whose parents opt them out of childhood vaccinations.

On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed the SB 277, which mandates child vaccinations as a condition of private and public school enrollment, by a vote of 46-30. Democrats and Republicans were divided within their own parties over the bill, which ultimately passed with bipartisan support. Due to amendments, however, the bill was immediately ordered back to the State Senate, where it previously passed.

An unvaccinated child who was visiting Martha’s Vineyard was diagnosed with measles last week, authorities are now reporting.

SACRAMENTO — As a sea of red-clad protestors looked on, California’s fiercely debated vaccine mandate bill, SB 277, passed through the State Assembly Committee on Health on an essentially party-line vote of 12-6 on Tuesday, with one Democrat abstaining.

SACRAMENTO — A sea of red flowed over the steps of California’s State Capitol on Tuesday as opponents of the new vaccine bill, SB 277, rallied against its passage. Hundreds gathered to hear legislators and a diverse variety of Californians from across the state denounce the bill ahead of a public hearing in the State Assembly’s Committee on Health.

Californians against school vaccine bill SB 277, led by former State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, are heading from southern California up to Sacramento in a brigade of buses to take a stand against the pending legislation.

Parents and kids showed up in droves at the California Democratic Convention Saturday for a protest against SB 277 and other legislation.

On Thursday, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 277, which would eliminate California parents’ ability to opt out of mandatory vaccines for their school children for reasons of “personal belief.” The vote was 25 in favor and 10 against.