As the number of measles cases continue to rise in the United States, more Iowa families are exempting their kids from vaccinations, including in Iowa City. The U.S. is facing its second-largest outbreak of measles since the virus was virtually eliminated in the country nearly 20 years ago. Some 465 cases in 2019 had been […]
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On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for Sanders made a statement on vaccines for Buzzfeed News. “Bernie believes that vaccinations work and are crucial to overall public health… opting out can create deadly risks for children suffering from illnesses who may not be able to receive a vaccination and are then exposed to children who
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On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for Buttigieg made a statement on vaccines to Buzzfeed News. “The law of the land for more than a century has been that states may enforce mandatory vaccination for public safety to prevent the spread of a dangerous disease. Pete does support some exceptions, except during a public health
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On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for O’Rourke made a statement on vaccines for Buzzfeed News. “The evidence is clear and there is wide agreement among doctors and scientists that vaccination is the best course for our kids and our communities,” he said. “Beto and Amy have chosen to vaccinate their three children because they
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On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for Harris offered a statement on vaccines for Buzzfeed News: “She thinks people should get vaccines.”
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President Trump’s administration has been overtly hostile toward policies that would address climate change. Some of their actions include pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, burying reports on the effects of climate change, and claiming that climate change is a hoax. On November 6, 2012, Trump tweeted: “The concept of global warming was created
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On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13769 entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” The order has since been nicknamed the “Muslim ban” or the “travel ban” because it banned the entry of foreign nationals from seven majority Muslim countries, and asserted other restrictions on refugee and
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The United States is on track to surpass the record number of measles cases in a single year since the vaccine-preventable disease was declared eliminated in 2000, according to figures reported Monday. For the fourth week in a row, health officials have added dozens of new cases to the year’s list of confirmed ones, bringing
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Faith-based adoption agencies sued the state of Michigan on Monday, challenging a settlement that prevents them from refusing to put children in LGBT homes for religious reasons. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the lawsuit in western Michigan’s U.S. District Court on behalf of Lansing-based St. Vincent Catholic Charities. It is among more than
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More than 500 people across the country, mostly small children, have been infected by the super contagious measles virus in ongoing outbreaks since January. In New York, the virus has been spreading since September among Orthodox Jews, some of whom reject vaccines because of unfounded safety concerns. In Washington, mistrust of health officials and pharmaceutical
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