measles
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What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says About Black Folks and Vaccines Should Keep You Up at Night
The newly confirmed Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has some controversial opinions on health that even worry his family members
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Hold up! Is This Black Fla. Surgeon General Playing a Political Game With Our Children’s Lives?
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defers to parents on keeping unvaccinated children home as a measles outbreak takes hold.
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Kyrie Irving Is Still Going Off About Vaccine Mandates
The Brooklyn Nets guard claims that vaccine mandates is one of the biggest violations of human rights in history
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Measles, Racism and How America Ignores Deadly Viruses
As America struggles to overcome the re-emergence of disturbing trends like Nazis, Watergate-style presidential scandals and—worst of all—fanny packs, white people have once again proven their resurrection powers by bringing back something even the most cynical among us could never have imagined. The measles. According to the CDC, the 764 confirmed cases of measles between…
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New York State Democratic Senators Launch Ad Campaign Encouraging Parents to Vaccinate Their Kids Amid Measles Outbreak
The anti-vaccination movement is having a devastating impact on New Yorkers, with 359 confirmed cases of measles since Friday, according to the New York Daily News. To deal with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, New York State senators from the Democratic side of the aisle are launching a campaign they hope will change…
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Measles Climbs to 2nd-Highest Level in 25 Years
It’s like Plymouth Rock all over again. Or as our Entertainment staff writer Tonja Renée Stidhum so eloquently put it, “What is this Oregon Trail reboot 2520s tryna produce in real life?” While experts blame anti-vaxxers as the primary cause of the growing crisis, some ultra-orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn, N.Y., have become ground zero…