Infants need vaccines to guard against dangerous diseases
A Health column notes that many parents lack awareness of polio measles and other threats and that only 56 percent of children under two are fully immunized. It discusses vaccines costs access and the recommended early schedule including hepatitis B Hib DPT polio and MMR with emphasis on expanding clinics and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
American Academy of Pediatrics
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Clinton
U.S. Public Health Service
New Jersey Commission
Agent Orange
William Lewis
Commission
Lawrence Township
N.J
New Jersey
Rutgers University
National Academy of Sciences
Yellow Fever Sweeps Philadelphia 1793 Public Health Awakening
The 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia killed about 5,000 people, about 10 percent of the population, and spurred the creation of public health measures and government response. Dr. Benjamin Rush diagnosed the plague amid widespread fear as hospitals formed at Bush Hill under Dr. Jean Deveze. Expanded quarantines, water systems, and orphanages followed, influencing medicine, politics, and literature for generations.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Rush
Isaac Heston
Rush
Heston
Bush Hill
England
Powell
Jean Deveze
Santo
Domingo
Bush
Deveze
Devere
Walter Reed
Dence Park
Anna Coxe Toogood
Independence Park
Baltimore
Congress
Trenton
N.J
Timore
Mobile
Ala
Memphis
Dick Levinson
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Washington
New Orleans
Toogood
Gretchen Warden
Matter Museum
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
National Institutes of Health
U.S
Public Health Service Agency
U.S. Public Health Service
Lethal yellow fever persists in remote regions and outbreaks
The Associated Press reports yellow fever remains a threat in Africa and South America with six years of urban outbreak in Nigeria. Despite vaccines, surveillance and vaccine stockpiles are limited, risking rapid spread if a major city like New Orleans is struck. Experts warn unimmunized populations are highly vulnerable.
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Africa
South America
Nigeria
United States
U.S
Thomas P. Monath
Harvard University
North America
New Orleans
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Institute
Committee On
Asia
Atlantic
Brazil
Monath
Aspirin skin patch eyed to cut side effects
A doctor says skin delivery of aspirin could reduce required dose to one tenth of a typical baby tablet, potentially aiding those who cannot take oral aspirin. Research by Dr. Rudolph Keimowitz and Dr. Desmond Fitzgerald is detailed in Circulation. A German firm is studying patch development while Gundersen Medical Foundation and Vanderbilt hold a patent.
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Rudolph Keimowitz
Gundersen Clinic
la Crosse
Wis
Circulation
American Heart Association
Keimowitz
Desmond Fitzgerald
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Center For Cardiovascular Science
Dublin
Ireland
Gundersen Medical Foundation
Vanderbilt
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Vio Mae
Jane Brody
New York Times News Service
The
Journal- World
Variety
Marian Burros
Ted Duncombe
Associated Press
J.H. Powell
University of Pennsylvania Press
Joanne Blacoe
Independence National Historical Park
Absalom Jones
Richard Allen
Matthew Carey
Jones
Allen
Guardians of the Poor
Laura Beardsley
Indepen
Boston
New York
Agent Orange Commission
State Commission
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