2023
April
26,
2023
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09:24 AM
America/Chicago
National Infant Immunization Week (April 24 - 30) is a yearly observance highlighting the importance of protecting children 2 years and younger from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American ...
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2019
August
15,
2019
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08:54 AM
America/Chicago
Whenever a story is posted on Cook Children’s social media pages, especially Facebook, we expect a certain amount of responses from those who refuse vaccines for their children or who are vaccine-hesitant families or patients.
Regardless of statis...
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August
07,
2019
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16:16 PM
America/Chicago
In the summer of 1990 I was about to turn 17 and preparing for my senior year of high school. I was enrolled in Drivers Ed and thinking about which colleges I should apply. All normal events in any teenage life. Except that summer, my 22-year old sis...
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May
23,
2019
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14:45 PM
America/Chicago
Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed a traveler passing through DFW Airport on a May 15, 2019, connecting flight has tested positive for measles.
TCPH wants the traveling public to be aware that exposures may have occurred at DFW Airport on ...
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May
10,
2019
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13:46 PM
America/Chicago
Out of 25 counties in the U.S. with the highest risk for a measles outbreak, Tarrant County ranks number 12 according to research published in the latest edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
To identify the hot spots, researchers from the Un...
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2018
March
06,
2018
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11:16 AM
America/Chicago
Over time, various concerns about vaccines have been brought up. Basically the way it happens is like this … someone comes up with a theory as to why vaccines might be a cause of autism. The scientific community starts to complete studies to determin...
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2015
August
28,
2015
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10:25 AM
America/Chicago
Rubella was declared eradicated from North and South America just this past April.
So why did the Tarrant County Health Department just announce that there is a case of rubella in a Texas Christian University student?
Unfortunately, the student...
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2014
July
23,
2014
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13:33 PM
America/Chicago
Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) has confirmed a Northeast Tarrant County resident has tested positive for measles after traveling outside of the state.Measles is highly contagious and can easily spread by simply breathing, coughing, sneezing or c...
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April
25,
2014
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11:04 AM
America/Chicago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 129 cases of measles, the highest number in the United States since 1996. The CDC states that from Jan. 1-April 18, 2014 a total of 129 cases of measles were recorded in this country....
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