Disneyland measles strike Bay Area victim
An Alameda County resident contracted measles after visiting a Disney theme park in Southern California last month, public health officials announced Wednesday. The resident is one of nine cases in...
View ArticleWarning sounds over ‘mild’ flu season
There have been at least four flu-related deaths in the Bay Area so far, and public health officials warn that while flu-season has been mild so far, it could still become severe. In prepared...
View ArticleNapa reports Bay Area’s fifth flu death
The first flu-related death in Napa County this season was reported Friday night, according to county public health officials. It is the fifth death linked to the flu so far in the Bay Area since...
View ArticleAnti-vaccine trend may be reversing
A new law may be reversing a rise in the percent of kindergarteners exempt from vaccinations in Marin County, county officials said. Between 2002 and 2012 the percent of kindergarteners exempt from...
View ArticleChild becomes Solano’s first measles case
Solano County Public Health Department officials have announced the county’s first case of measles in 2015. The case was confirmed Friday evening in a non-school age child. Meileen Acosta, an...
View ArticleWiener backs dropping vaccine exemptions
San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener Tuesday introduced a resolution supporting efforts to eliminate personal belief exemptions for vaccinations for children in California. If approved, the resolution...
View ArticleSecond BART measles patient exposes riders
As many as 1,500 BART riders may have been exposed to measles when an infected San Mateo County resident rode BART from Millbrae to San Francisco’s Civic Center station last week, BART and San Mateo...
View ArticleCalifornia dumps most vaccine exemptions
Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday signed a controversial bill eliminating personal belief exemptions from vaccination requirements for students attending California schools. Senate Bill 277, authored by state...
View ArticleVaccine opponents vow legal fight
Opponents of a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown eliminating most exemptions from vaccination requirements for students attending California schools called for civil disobedience and legal...
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