Officials Confirm First U.S. Measles Death in 12 Years
On Thursday, state health officials announced that a Washington woman has died of measles, becoming the first American to be killed by the disease since 2003, the Associated Press reports.
Somebody Stop Him
Jim, my man, c’mon.
CDC: Measles Outbreak Has Nothing To Do With Illegal Immigration
Anne Schuchat, the director of the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, has strenuously denied that there is any evidence supporting claims of a connection between the United States' recent measles outbreak and undocumented immigration, the Guardian reports.
Thanks For All The Measles, Anti-Vaxxers
Contractions of measles—potentially deadly, eminently preventable measles—are increasing logarithmically in the United States, and they are at a 20-year high.
Oregonian Religious Nuts Are Going to Give Us All Measles
There is a certain percentage of the population that objects to giving their kids vaccinations, because of stuff like Jesus, some book, Jenny McCarthy, whatever. You know, crazy people. Fine, in isolated instances. But when the crazy people reach a critical mass, we all die.
