Tag: Measles

According to the Rockland Health Commissioner, "almost 1,200 residents were actively monitored to help contain the outbreak."

So far in 2019, a total of 1,165 Israelis have contracted measles.

Those who have not received a measles vaccination or who are not sure of their immunization status should consult their health care professional.

According to tax filings for the Selz foundation obtained by the Post, in 2012 the couple gave $200,000 to a legal fund for Andrew Wakefield, who poisoned the medical well years ago by linking measles vaccines with autism.

The New York City Health Department has closed a tenth yeshiva in the city – ninth in Brooklyn – due to violation of the...

“If you live, work or reside in Williamsburg, you are now required to get vaccinated for measles."

Haredi Rabbi Hillel Handler announced: “We Hasidim have been chosen as the target,” and, “The campaign against us has been successful.”

Last week the total number of confirmed cases of measles in the city reached a new high of 498.

84 individuals in Williamsburg were served with summonses to pay fines for failing to comply with the mandatory vaccination order.

Two more Jewish schools have been closed by the New York City Department of Health due to unwillingness to comply with an order to...

New York Civil Liberties Union Executive director Donna Lieberman said forced vaccinations were an extreme measure that “raises civil liberties concerns about forced medical treatment.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday declared a public health emergency in several zip codes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to stem a nascent measles outbreak among Orthodox Jewish children.

The facts: 21 hospitalized with measles including 5 in the ICU; 246 of the 285 cases were children and 39 were adults, since October 2018.

The problems this yeshiva has had with vaccinating its students go back to 1981, when its principal was fined by New York City's Health Department for failing to insure that his students were properly immunized.

New York may soon follow California and Vermont with legislation that makes vaccinations mandatory.

It is speculated that the measles were brought back to New York State by travelers returning from Israel.

The exposure to the measles virus took place on the train starting from Ashkelon departing at 07:29 am and returning to Ashkelon at 4 pm.

More than 2,000 cases of measles have been reported this past year in Israel alone.

It is unclear how the child's father managed to bring his six-year-old into the department against hospital rules.

A number of the children at the Rimonim Elementary School were not vaccinated.

A patient in Ocean County who just returned from a trip to Israel is now showing the symptoms of measles as well.

In Jerusalem, there have been 314 cases so far this year, 213 new cases in September alone. Health officials are expecting the total number of cases in the current outbreak to rise potentially up to 10 times that number.

It’s not clear how many other children have been found to be infected with the illness so far.

In the settlement of Itamar Health Ministry officials have encountered resistance even when the vaccine was intended to prevent the infection of neighbors.

More than 100 people have been infected in an outbreak of measles spreading across the U.S.

Of the 175 cases of measles in the U.S in 2013, a mere 23 were connected to Hare Krishnas in North Carolina. The 175...