With measles on the rise, nurse practitioners can help address vaccine hesitancy, expert says
Listening, building trust and providing evidence-based resources are just some of the ways that nurse practitioners, or NPs, ...
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Feds call back more than $3 million in Oakland County health grants
The Trump administration abruptly cut just over $3 million in healthcare funding for Oakland County Tuesday. The money was COVID-related public health grants to Oakland County through the Michigan ...
Potential measles exposure at Oklahoma hospital prompting other health facilities to take precautions
A recent measles exposure at an Oklahoma City metro children’s hospital is prompting other health systems to be proactive in ...
The rise and fall (and rise again?) of measles in the United States
The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...
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Lessons from the last major measles outbreak in 1989: San Antonio became a national model for vaccine programs
The West Texas measles outbreak has been labeled as the worst in more than 30 years. TPR looked into the way San Antonio ...
Oklahoma hospitals taking precautions after potential measles exposure
A recent measles exposure at an Oklahoma City metro children’s hospital is prompting other health systems to be proactive in protecting patients.
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Kids infected with measles face long-term health consequences. Vaccines can prevent all of them.
Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these ...