1) "State can't fall prey to anti-vaccine nonsense" Canon City Daily Record (CO) (May 17, 2012) - "The whooping cough epidemic in Washington state offers some important public health lessons for places such as Colorado where vaccination opt-out rates are unacceptably high. Washington has about 1,280 cases reported and more expected. While it may seem a comfortable distance away in the Pacific Northwest, make no mistake: It could happen here. In fact, an outbreak has been reported in Greeley, where 11 cases have been reported. The illness is very contagious and can be serious, especially for babies. The bottom line: Get your children vaccinated and keep booster shots up to date for kids and adults. There are few situations in which vaccinations are not recommended for schoolchildren, though you wouldn't know it from Colorado's 7 percent vaccination opt-out rate, which was second-highest in the nation, according to one survey. Washington has a 6 percent vaccination opt-out rate among schoolchildren." http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/opinion/editorial/ci_20638386/state-cant-fall-prey-anti-vaccination-nonsense 2) "Whooping cough makes fatal resurgence in Texas" CBS Dallas/Fort Worth (May 17, 2012) - "Whooping cough is making a deadly resurgence in Texas. In all of 2011, there were 961 reported cases statewide. Through April of this year, though, there have been 424 cases, including one that resulted in the death of a Dallas child. 'Every cough he gets I get scared,' said Jasmine Eagle as she waited to have her toddler immunized on Thursday. 'I hope it's not that serious.' Unlike some parents, Eagle is having her son immunized against whooping cough, or pertussis. But a lack of immunizations is causing an unsettling spike in the number of pertussis cases, doctors say. 'It could be it's on the uptick right now,' said Dr. Jeffery Kahn of Children's and UT Southwestern. 'Certainly we've more pertussis at children's medical center than we did all of last year.' Children's Medical Center saw 10 cases all of last year. So far this year they've seen 14. And 12 of those cases, including the infant death, were during the past month." http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/whooping-cough-makes-fatal-resurgence-in-texas/ 3) "VIDEO: Whooping cough outbreak in Wis. a reminder for vaccinations" WEAU.com (WI) (May 18, 2012) - "Cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, are on the rise in Wisconsin. The outbreak is prompting a meeting among health experts at La Crosse County Health and Human Services." http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Whooping_cough_outbreak_a_reminder_for_vaccinations_151961245.html?storySection=comments 4) "Unvaccinated kids booted from Pa. classrooms" Philadelphia Inquirer (May 17, 2012) - "Get stuck or get out. That's the message Pennsylvania school districts gave to students and their parents this year as they approached a deadline to comply with new state vaccination rules. The message , and the vaccines , seem to have penetrated. Spot checks of most of the 20 largest districts Thursday show the success of a Herculean effort by school nurses to get students vaccinated in the months, weeks and days leading up to the deadline, with many districts now reporting full or nearly full compliance." http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20120517_ap_unvaccinatedkidsbootedfrompaclassrooms.html?c=r 5) "Students Should Get HPV Vaccine" Orlando Sentinel (May 17, 2012) - "If you could - for free and without hassle - nearly eliminate your daughter's chances of getting the virus that causes 75 percent of cervical cancers, would you do it? How about preventing your son from contracting genital warts, whose arrival is not entirely welcome and whose removal is not entirely comfortable? You would? Then why aren't you doing it? Lake County has a population of about 35,000 kids who are eligible for one of the safest vaccines ever created, yet only 2,805 students have taken advantage of the offer since 2006. My daughter is one." http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-18/news/os-lk-lauren-ritchie-gardasil-vacine-20120518_1_hpv-vaccine-warts-in-both-sexes-gardisil
1) "State can't fall prey to anti-vaccine nonsense" Canon City Daily Record (CO) (May 17, 2012) - "The whooping cough epidemic in Washington state offers some important public health lessons for places such as Colorado where vaccination opt-out rates are unacceptably high. Washington has about 1,280 cases reported and more expected. While it may seem a comfortable distance away in the Pacific Northwest, make no mistake: It could happen here. In fact, an outbreak has been reported in Greeley, where 11 cases have been reported. The illness is very contagious and can be serious, especially for babies. The bottom line: Get your children vaccinated and keep booster shots up to date for kids and adults. There are few situations in which vaccinations are not recommended for schoolchildren, though you wouldn't know it from Colorado's 7 percent vaccination opt-out rate, which was second-highest in the nation, according to one survey. Washington has a 6 percent vaccination opt-out rate among schoolchildren." http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/opinion/editorial/ci_20638386/state-cant-fall-prey-anti-vaccination-nonsense 2) "Whooping cough makes fatal resurgence in Texas" CBS Dallas/Fort Worth (May 17, 2012) - "Whooping cough is making a deadly resurgence in Texas. In all of 2011, there were 961 reported cases statewide. Through April of this year, though, there have been 424 cases, including one that resulted in the death of a Dallas child. 'Every cough he gets I get scared,' said Jasmine Eagle as she waited to have her toddler immunized on Thursday. 'I hope it's not that serious.' Unlike some parents, Eagle is having her son immunized against whooping cough, or pertussis. But a lack of immunizations is causing an unsettling spike in the number of pertussis cases, doctors say. 'It could be it's on the uptick right now,' said Dr. Jeffery Kahn of Children's and UT Southwestern. 'Certainly we've more pertussis at children's medical center than we did all of last year.' Children's Medical Center saw 10 cases all of last year. So far this year they've seen 14. And 12 of those cases, including the infant death, were during the past month." http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/whooping-cough-makes-fatal-resurgence-in-texas/ 3) "VIDEO: Whooping cough outbreak in Wis. a reminder for vaccinations" WEAU.com (WI) (May 18, 2012) - "Cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, are on the rise in Wisconsin. The outbreak is prompting a meeting among health experts at La Crosse County Health and Human Services." http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Whooping_cough_outbreak_a_reminder_for_vaccinations_151961245.html?storySection=comments 4) "Unvaccinated kids booted from Pa. classrooms" Philadelphia Inquirer (May 17, 2012) - "Get stuck or get out. That's the message Pennsylvania school districts gave to students and their parents this year as they approached a deadline to comply with new state vaccination rules. The message , and the vaccines , seem to have penetrated. Spot checks of most of the 20 largest districts Thursday show the success of a Herculean effort by school nurses to get students vaccinated in the months, weeks and days leading up to the deadline, with many districts now reporting full or nearly full compliance." http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20120517_ap_unvaccinatedkidsbootedfrompaclassrooms.html?c=r
5) "Students Should Get HPV Vaccine" Orlando Sentinel (May 17, 2012) - "If you could - for free and without hassle - nearly eliminate your daughter's chances of getting the virus that causes 75 percent of cervical cancers, would you do it? How about preventing your son from contracting genital warts, whose arrival is not entirely welcome and whose removal is not entirely comfortable? You would? Then why aren't you doing it? Lake County has a population of about 35,000 kids who are eligible for one of the safest vaccines ever created, yet only 2,805 students have taken advantage of the offer since 2006. My daughter is one." http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-18/news/os-lk-lauren-ritchie-gardasil-vacine-20120518_1_hpv-vaccine-warts-in-both-sexes-gardisil
