Stories about immunization
Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen).Related stories
Global Polio Eradication initiative launches 'emergency action plan'
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Flu and pregnancy: Is antiviral medication safe?
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Unvaccinated kids booted from Pennsylvania classrooms
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 8:37 a.m.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — 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 ...
Maine order promotes school-based vaccinations
The Associated Press on Oct. 13, 2010, at 3:41 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An executive order by Gov. John Baldacci is promoting school-based vaccination clinics. The order Baldacci signed Tuesday protects school districts and other vaccination clinic participants from liability. During the H1N1 emergency last year, many school districts said concerns over potential liability put at risk their ability ...
Maine’s toddler immunization rate trailing some other New England states
The Associated Press on Oct. 02, 2010, at 12:31 p.m.
HARTFORD, Conn. — A recent federal report says Connecticut and Massachusetts are tied for the sixth-highest immunization rate nationwide for children younger than 3 years old. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 76 percent of young children in both states were immunized in 2009 against polio, measles, mumps ...
Maine children at heightened risk of whooping cough
As Maine children head back to school, Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is worried about the spread of whooping cough, a potentially deadly …
Maine not immune to germ threat
Americans are increasingly at risk of dying from new, re-emerging or drug-resistant infectious diseases, according to a national study released Wednesday.
UM health center to be privatized
ORONO, Maine — Citing concerns over student access to health care as well as budgetary issues, the University of Maine this week announced it will turn over operation of the campus clinic, Cutler Health Center, to a private health care provider.
State urges MaineCare use for kids
BANGOR, Maine — As Maine children and their families settle into the back-to-school routine, state officials are hoping parents will enroll their youngsters in the health care coverage they need to stay healthy and succeed in school.
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