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
Dr. Corey is an expert in virology, immunology and vaccine development. His research has focused on herpes viruses, HIV and other viral infections, particularly those associated with cancer.
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To mark World AIDS Day, the UW’s Dr. James Kublin, executive director of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, would like to debunk the top 10 myths about HIV vaccine research.
Every year in Washington, several hundred people have to get the series of rabies shots because of possible exposure to the rabies virus, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
A malaria vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company GSK and Seattle’s PATH has been shown to halve the risk of severe malaria in African children.
Pharmacies usually charge between $25 and $32, while a shot at the doctor’s office usually costs at least $48.
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.
Getting an exemption is still possible but under a new law will require a visit to a health provider.
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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.
New legislation that will make it tougher for parents to obtain exemptions to state laws requiring their children be vaccinated before attending public schools.
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