Nearly one-third of kindergartens in San Diego county now have vaccine exemption rates above eight percent, the level at which a school loses its herd immunity and becomes vulnerable to epidemics of childhood diseases like measles or whooping cough. Read More »
Immunologists are raising the alarm about what they say is our collective amnesia over the damage these diseases have wrought in the past. Read More »
With the disease making a comeback, here's what you should probably know... Read More »
Newsletter for Jan. 19, 2015. Read More »
A change in the whooping cough vaccine may be contributing to more teens getting the illness. Read More »
So far this year, 1,855 positive cases have been recorded in San Diego County, with more than 80 percent of the people up to date on their whooping cough shots. Read More »
Newsletter for Dec. 22, 2014. Read More »
Mapping the 52nd Congressional race, the return of whooping cough and two national Edward R. Murrow awards. Read More »
Of the 621 people who contracted the illness, 85 percent had all their preventative shots — calling into question the efficacy of the vaccine. Read More »
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