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What You Need to Know About the 2019 Measles Outbreak

February 23, 2019 Victoria Simpson

Multiple forces are behind the spread of this sickness, and the results are potentially deadly. So, we’re going to give you the straight goods, here. With an outbreak, there’s no time to dance around. Throughout January and February of 2019…

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A Common Cold, or Meningitis? How to Tell the Difference and Save a Life

May 2, 2018 Victoria Simpson

April 24th is World Meningitis Day. Each year, over 2,500 people in the U.S get meningococcal disease, and between 10 and 15% die from it. For the remaining survivors, 10% will live with lingering symptoms. Here’s the list: these include…

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The Immunization Debate: Should You or Shouldn’t You Immunize Your Kids?

May 1, 2018 Victoria Simpson

While vaccines save millions of lives, some parents still refuse to get on board. Next week is National Infant Immunization Week, as well as World Immunization Week. On the whole, vaccination rates are currently pretty high across the U.S. According…

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Illnesses We Don’t Have Because of Vaccinations, and How They Can Kill You

February 17, 2017 Victoria Simpson

Getting vaccinated is a bitch. What’s it like to die from whooping cough and diptheria, though? Read on. Whether you love them or hate them, vaccines are around. They were invented because diseases killed too many people and experts were…

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San Diego Baby Succumbs to Whooping Cough

July 19, 2016 Alex Kozovski

A baby just five weeks old has died of whopping cough in San Diego. It’s the second infant death from the disease in California this year. The toddler, otherwise completely healthy, died late last week according to NBC San Diego.…

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Robert De Niro pulls anti-vaccine doc from his film fest

March 28, 2016 Alex Kozovski

An ex-medical researcher’s documentary that links vaccines and autism was pulled from the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, event founder and actor Robert De Niro said. The British researcher-turned-director had been drawing protests on his ‘Vaxxed: From Cover-UP to…