New York joined California, West Virginia and Missouri to be the 4th state to allow only medical exemptions as reasons school age children are not vaccinated. This is a huge step. This is not about religion or freedom of speech. … Continue reading
Voice Your Support of “The Medical Exemption Only Bill” A.2371A/S.2994A Does not take anyone’s rights away. If parents don’t want to immunize their children, this bill will not change their freedom to make that uninformed choice. This bill just insists that if … Continue reading
More than nine in 10 people ranked doctors as the most trusted profession, according to a survey of more than 1,000 people by Airtasker, an online community platform.This might be self serving, but nice to know that physicians are still … Continue reading
The CDC reports 1,001 cases of measles in 2019. This is the highest number since 1992 when 2,126 cases were reported. Thankfully there are no new cases in Monroe County. The MMR vaccine is highly effective at preventing the disease. … Continue reading
Understood.org has some great resources for parents and students. It just posted some wonderful reading lists for “reluctant readers” and other activities to help prevent “summer brain drain.” Check it out at: https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/encouraging-reading-writing/summer-reading-lists
CBS Sunday Morning News has a great segment on MMR vaccine and the anti-vaccine movement. Check this out: CBS News
We are now in “forms” season. Please do not wait until the last minute to send us camp, field trip, program forms. We complete the forms as quickly as we can, but are swamped with the number of forms this … Continue reading
Patients do not need measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine if they meet any of these criteria for evidence of immunity: Patient has written documentation of adequate vaccination:>At least one dose of a measles, mumps, and rubella virus-containing vaccine administered … Continue reading
Measles cases just keep climbing. The USA is on track to see more measles in 2019 than before it was “eliminated” in 2000. This is not a religious issue. This is not a freedom of speech issue. This is a … Continue reading