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Los Angeles child dies of complications from measles virus
NBC News· 2025-09-11 23:26
Right now, health officials out in LA County in California are telling people, "Please, please go get the measles shot after a child there recently died after complications from the virus." It's just one case out of more than 1,450 across the country, according to the CDC. Of course, for that family, it is not just a statistic. It is a living nightmare here.And these numbers are growing as the outbreaks of measles spread in nearly every state, 41 states. talking fever, runny nose, this blotchy rash that can ...
‘Civil war of public health’: Florida pediatrician raises alarm on elimination of mandated vaccines
MSNBC· 2025-09-04 21:00
After Florida's surgeon general said he was removing all state vaccine mandates, including those required for children to attend schools, more states are deciding to go it alone on vaccines. Officials in California, Oregon, and Washington are banding together to provide their own vaccine recommendations after Health Secretary RFK Jr. . replaced CDC's advisory panel.Eight states in the Northwest, Northeast, excuse me, are doing something similar. What's clear is that the US is headed toward two very differen ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-22 16:50
Vaccination confers immunity to infants and helps protect newborns in the first months of life, ACOG said https://t.co/i9EN21zPdW ...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics | Arjun Kapoor | TEDxJells Park Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-22 15:32
Statistical Interpretation & Uncertainty - Statistics addresses reasoning under uncertainty, a more complex question than calculus's rate of change [3] - Challenges like climate change, public health, and AI rely on making decisions with incomplete information [4] - The same data can tell different stories based on its presentation [4] Cognitive Biases in Statistics - Uncertainty is unintuitive, making statistical interpretation prone to errors [3] - Selection bias, where sampling skews results, can affect data interpretation [15] - Common sense is crucial for identifying misinformation and statistical misconceptions [26] - Correlation does not imply causation; coinciding trends don't necessarily indicate a causal relationship [27] COVID-19 Testing & Interpretation - A positive COVID-19 test with 80% sensitivity and 98% specificity may result in less than 50% chance of actually having COVID-19 [9][11] - With 1% of 1,000 people having COVID-19, a test with 80% sensitivity identifies 8 true positives, while 98% specificity results in 20 false positives, leading to a 29% chance of actually having the virus if testing positive [12][13] Data Presentation & Misinterpretation - Misleading graphs can distort data interpretation, such as hospitalization rates based on vaccination status without adjusting for cohort size [28][29] - Hospitalization data adjusted for vaccination cohort size reveals that unvaccinated individuals were overrepresented in hospitalizations [31][33] Combating Statistical Misinformation - Three key questions to combat statistical misinformation: How was the data collected? What is the context? Has the data been pulled or combined? [36][38][40]
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-19 15:42
Healthcare Recommendations - A prominent pediatrician group recommends parents inoculate their young children against Covid-19 [1] - This recommendation diverges from current federal health leaders' guidance on Covid-19 shots for kids [1]
From Innovation to Impact: Scaling Breakthroughs to Save Lives | Dr. Obidi Ezezika | TEDxMcMasterU
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-18 15:28
Global Health Innovation & Scaling - The global health sector often faces a "delivery gap," where knowledge of effective solutions doesn't guarantee their reach to intended beneficiaries [6] - Scaling up scientific breakthroughs is crucial, as demonstrated by the smallpox eradication, which involved mass production, worldwide distribution, and aggressive campaigns [7][8] - Strategic scaling, rather than just breakthroughs, is key to success in global health initiatives [9] - Funding often prioritizes novelty and innovator profiles over true impact in maternal and child health innovations [11] - There is a need for a paradigm shift towards scaling up evidence-based breakthroughs, considering timing, impact, cost-effectiveness, equity, and scale-up structure [12] Impact & Cost-Effectiveness - Universal coverage of existing vaccines could save an additional 1.5 million lives annually [16] - Scaling up interventions like insecticide-treated bed nets is more cost-effective than creating new treatments, with a $2 investment reducing malaria incidence by over 50% in some African countries [17] Equity & Infrastructure - Scaling up innovations reduces health disparities across socioeconomic classes, as seen with vaccination programs [18] - Scaling up successful interventions builds infrastructure and knowledge that can be leveraged for future discoveries, exemplified by the COVID-19 vaccine distribution [20][21] Proposed Solution - The development of a "high impact innovations list" is proposed, spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), to identify and elevate promising innovations for improving population health [22][23][24] - This list would involve a diverse team of experts and set clear metrics for adoption into national plans and investment priorities [24]
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The Economist· 2025-08-14 06:00
Vaccination rates have fallen in all of Britain’s child-immunisation programmes. But the drop is sharpest for HPV, despite unequivocal scientific evidence of the jab’s effectiveness https://t.co/dG5iaS9YGiIllustration: Mariaelena Caputi/Shutterstock https://t.co/kkcSwuLljU ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-13 18:40
Vaccination Trends - Child-immunisation programmes across Britain have experienced a decline in vaccination rates [1] - The HPV vaccination program has seen the most significant drop in rates, despite clear scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness [1]
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-08 10:22
As measles vaccination rates fall and infections rise, scientists are developing drugs they say could prevent or treat the disease in vulnerable and unvaccinated people https://t.co/S6e4zArdnN ...