vaccines Archives - San Diego news from inewsource

Health experts debate masks’ value in flu prevention

Cheryl Clark September 29, 2015

Health care workers in San Diego County are required to wear surgical masks if they receive the flu vaccine, but some question their effectiveness Read More »

Flu triggers ‘vaccinate or mask’ rules at hospitals

Cheryl Clark September 28, 2015

Health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and ambulances are required to be vaccinated against the flu or wear a surgical mask. Read More »

California legislature passes vaccine bill

Joe Yerardi June 30, 2015

On Monday, the California State Senate sent Governor Jerry Brown a bill mandating vaccinations for all schoolchildren regardless of their parents' personal or religious beliefs. Here's a recap of inewsource's coverage of the contentious issue. Read More »

Opting out of vaccines: blame the internet

Joanne Faryon March 2, 2015

The reasons parents in California are choosing not to immunize their kids today is partly due to what they find on the Internet, including a study that incorrectly linked vaccines to autism. Read More »

Wiping out diseases with vaccines makes their horrors a distant memory

Joe Yerardi February 10, 2015

Is a collective amnesia over the horrors of measles, polio and whooping cough responsible for fewer vaccinations? Read More »

Map: San Diego County Kindergarten Vaccination Rates 2014-2015

Joe Yerardi January 29, 2015

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 »