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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Pertussis
Whooping cough cases up sharply in Washington State
The number of cases of whooping cough in Washington are up sharply this year with 431 cases reported in the state — 53 more than this time last year.
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.
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.
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.
Health in the news
Whooping cough makes a comeback. Americans still aren’t eating their vegetables. Use of pills to treat diabetes up, insulin down.
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.
Adults, teens urged to get whooping cough vaccine
Babies under two months are too young to get the pertussis vaccine, so it’s important for parents and others in close contact to “cocoon” babies by getting immunized.
Whooping cough update from Seattle Children’s
Pertussis – or whooping cough – cases are on the rise in some areas of the country. Infants and children who haven’t been immunized can get seriously ill if infected.
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.
Vaccines: not just for kids
Each year 50,000 Americans die from a vaccine-preventable infections, and almost all of them—95%—are adults. Influenza, for example, causes an average of 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. every year, but less than half of the adults for whom the vaccine is recommended get the shot. Pneunococcal infections, when can cause lung, blood [...]
Whooping cough outbreak linked to state high school wrestling championship in Tacoma Dome
Washington state health officials are investigating an outbreak of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, among people who attended the state high school wrestling championships held last month in the Tacoma Dome. So far, at least 15 people, including wrestlers, coaches and spectators, who attended the match—The 2009 Mat Classic—have come down with the infection. [...]
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