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How one New York county went from fighting measles to battling polio
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoALBANY, N.Y. — Four years after finding itself in the middle of the nation’s worst measles outbreak...
COVID stats rise as new variant surges
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTissues and cough medicine may be under your tree this season. COVID cases and severity is spiking as cold and flu season rages on, and the Centers for...
Polio in New York: What a new CDC report says about Rockland's case and potential spread
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA young Rockland resident attended a large gathering somewhere in the county in June. Eight days...
Health authorities urge caution as Covid cases rise across the US – latest news
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCovid-19 case counts are rising across the US, and public health authorities are monitoring a...
Will polio spread like COVID-19? Experts say it's unlikely but the unvaccinated are still at risk
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the early 1900s, up to 35,000 Americans a year were disabled by polio. The virus, which mainly...
Vaccine clinic on wheels: Rockland adds ways to get immunized amid national measles surge
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoRockland County has added a mobile vaccination unit to its childhood vaccination efforts. The new...
L.A. County has cut back on COVID-19 contact tracing as supercontagious BA.5 surges
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMaureen Calderon, a contact tracer for the L.A. County Department of Public Health, shown in 2021....
Polio virus detected in NYC wastewater, health officials say
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW YORK — The polio virus has been detected in New York City, health authorities said Friday, a...
Wildfire Smoke Forces Americans To Choose: Choke, Roast Or Pay Up
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs the campfire smell thickened into a smoky haze over central New Jersey this week, Kathy Jackson...
Biden admin officials worried about potential polio spread
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTop Biden health officials, increasingly concerned about the polio case in New York, have met...