Tag: MMR
NYC Health Dept. Closes 10th Yeshiva for Violating Measles Order
The New York City Health Department has closed a tenth yeshiva in the city – ninth in Brooklyn – due to violation of the...
Measles Outbreak Spreads Further in US, Worst in Quarter-Century
Also as of June 10, there were 588 confirmed cases of measles in New York City since September 2018.
New Autism Theory Inspires Hope For Future Cure
Distant mothers. MMR vaccines. Genetic mutations. Contaminated drinking water. These are just a few of the many factors that scientists and doctors have attributed to the cause of autism throughout the last 50 years, since autism was first established as a separate diagnosis in the late 1960's. In recent years the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in American children has risen to one in every one 150. Yet, despite these attempts none have proved successful in isolating a definite cause. In fact, from diagnosis to treatments, autism research is rife with uncertainties and trial-and-error theories, many of which have thus far been disproved and fallen to the proverbial wayside.