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The World Health Organization also reported that the rise in measles is a direct result of anti-vaccination movements. [11] The recommended measles vaccination protocol is to receive two doses, at least one month apart. One dose of the vaccination is 93 percent effective at preventing measles, while two doses is 97 percent effective. [12]
René wrote the song as a tribute to the annual springtime return of the cliff swallows to Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California.A glassed-off room in the mission was later designated in René's honor, and displays the upright piano on which he composed the tune, the reception desk from his office, several copies of the song's sheet music and other pieces of furniture, all donated ...
Why measles cases are climbing Not enough kids are getting vaccinated. For herd immunity, about 95% or more of a population needs to be vaccinated, but most countries around the world have been ...
For decades, measles was a rarely seen disease in the U.S., but now it's back on the rise, and the U.S. is at risk of losing its “elimination status,” Centers for Disease Control and ...
Prior to the Disneyland measles outbreak of 2014–15, California saw increasing rates of non-medical vaccine exemptions, sometimes in clusters which left those communities susceptible to measles. [4] Vaccine coverage at a quarter of California schools, including several around the Disneyland theme park, was too low for herd immunity. [4]
Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts' concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. One of the world's most contagious diseases, measles can lead to ...
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She is compared to measles, mumps, chickenpox, the common cold, and whooping cough, but is deemed worse, because "Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch". According to lyricist Jerry Leiber, "Pure and simple, 'Poison Ivy' is a metaphor for a sexually transmitted disease". [3] The song also makes references to other flowers such as a rose and a daisy.