With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t
It was “exclusion day”, the deadline by which students without complete immunizations are barred from returning to class.Instead of turning families away, school district leaders partnered with the county health department to vaccinate kids nearby so they could go back to their desks. The campaign includes a mobile vaccine clinic – a 33ft traveling RV that brings vaccinations to pop-up community events – school district partnerships and vaccination data transparency, all to keep immunization rates from sliding.The push is a local answer to a national problem. The order arrived with no new scientific evidence behind it.Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s hospital of Philadelphia, trains doctors to share with their patients that the MMR vaccine has been used safely in the US for about 60 years.
- ▪It was “exclusion day”, the deadline by which students without complete immunizations are barred from returning to class.Instead of turning families away, school district leaders partnered with the county health department to vaccinate kids
- ▪The campaign includes a mobile vaccine clinic – a 33ft traveling RV that brings vaccinations to pop-up community events – school district partnerships and vaccination data transparency, all to keep immunization rates from sliding.The push i
- ▪The order arrived with no new scientific evidence behind it.Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s hospital of Philadelphia, trains doctors to share with their patients that the MMR vaccine has been used safely i
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‘Countering federal misinformation has fallen disproportionately on doctors and nurses who never expected to be doing that kind of work.’ Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Heather GrubolaView image in fullscreen‘Countering federal misinformation has fallen disproportionately on doctors and nurses who never expected to be doing that kind of work.’ Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Heather GrubolaBuilding powerVaccines and immunisationWith US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’tAs the country’s top public health official spends his time in office undermining science, doctors and advocates mount an urgent campaign for childhood vaccinesBuilding power is supported byAbout this contentFabiola CineasThu 17 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTLast…
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