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New rules prompt drop in school vaccine exemptions

New rules prompt drop in school vaccine exemptions

The percentage of kindergarten students entering Washington schools without required immunizations dropped this school year to 4.5%, down from 6.0% for the 2010-2011 school year. Officials credit new rules making it more difficult to obtain exemptions

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May 18, 2012 | By | Reply More
PATH names Steve Davis president and CEO

PATH names Steve Davis president and CEO

Davis will oversee PATH’s annual budget of $305 million, a staff of nearly 1,200, and a portfolio of projects based in PATH offices in 22 countries. He succeeds Dr. Christopher J. Elias, who left PATH to become president of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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March 26, 2012 | By | Reply More
Some doctors refusing to treat kids who have not been immunized

Some doctors refusing to treat kids who have not been immunized

These pediatricians say they are worried about other patients in the waiting room, some of them too young to be immunized or with health problems that compromise their immune systems.

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September 28, 2011 | By | Reply More
Get your child vaccinated now to beat back to school rush, say health officials

Get your child vaccinated now to beat back to school rush, say health officials

Getting an exemption is still possible but under a new law will require a visit to a health provider.

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July 26, 2011 | By | Reply More
State kindergarten vaccination rates below national targets — CDC

State kindergarten vaccination rates below national targets — CDC

State’s child vaccination rates are one of the lowest in the nation with one in twenty kindergarteners being opted out of vaccines by parents — the highest vaccine exemption rate in the country.

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June 2, 2011 | By | Reply More
Roll up your sleeve: adult vaccinations

Roll up your sleeve: adult vaccinations

Vaccinations aren’t just for kids any more: there’s battery of adult vaccinations should be part of your health care routine.

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September 20, 2010 | By | Reply More
Time to update back-to-school immunizations

Time to update back-to-school immunizations

Children who have not been fully immunized have fallen ill in recent whooping cough and chickenpox outbreaks in the state.

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August 26, 2010 | By | Reply More
Time for back-to-school immunizations–Department of Health

Time for back-to-school immunizations–Department of Health

Washington state health officials are urging parents to use the next few weeks to make sure their children had all the immunizations they need to attend school.

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July 27, 2010 | By | Reply More
Visitor to King County had measles

Visitor to King County had measles

Only site locally where persons were potentially exposed is the Seattle Aquarium on April 3, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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April 16, 2010 | By | Reply More
Confirmed case of measles in a King County child

Confirmed case of measles in a King County child

People who are unvaccinated, pregnant women, infants less than 6 months-old and persons with weakened immune systems at higher risk

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February 17, 2010 | By | Reply More
Case of measles confirmed in a King County

Case of measles confirmed in a King County

Risk to general public is low

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December 24, 2009 | By | Reply More