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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via UnsplashKids in Oregon might be sent home from school today. That’s if they’re not up-to-date on their vaccinations or if they don’t have a vaccine exemption.… -
United States Department of Health and Human ServicesOregon's legislature spent part of last year working on a bill that would end non-medical exemptions from vaccines for children. In the end, the House…
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Children attending public schools in Oregon can still forgo vaccinations with a personal belief exemption, but California did away with those waivers…
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If the vaccine controversy has reached full boil, allow Bernice Hausman to at least reduce the heat. Hausman works at the Penn State College of Medicine,…
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Events came quickly on the vaccine front in Oregon, over a matter of days. Demonstrations against a legislative bill that would end most non-medical…
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Nobody is firing guns, but the Russians certainly seem to be engaged in a cyber war with the United States. The efforts to create argument and discord…
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It would not be unusual to see so many headlines about measles... if this were 1919. But 100 years later, the disease had become rare indeed, until the…
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The vaccine resistance continues to grow. And Oregon remains one of the most un-vaccinated places in the country. Josephine County leads the state in…
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Only two students in Ashland schools were confirmed to have pertussis (whooping cough) when Jackson County Health officials declared an outbreak. But as…
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Pertussis, or whooping cough, was almost unknown in America 40 years ago. Cases in 1976 numbered barely over a thousand. But in the years since vaccine…
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It's not just that people have a fear of needles; some of them also have concerns about what comes OUT of the needles. Vaccines have become increasingly…
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Much like Zika virus, rubella--German measles--makes people feel lousy for a while, then generally goes away on its own. But rubella in a pregnant woman…
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Want to start a debate? Mention the word "vaccine" in a room full of parents. Arguments rage these days about when and even whether to vaccinate children…
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Even if you've taken a side in the debate over vaccines, you will probably want to hear Dr. Andrea Ferrante out. Ferrante is an assistant professor of…
