Outbreak

Outbreak of infections at Rambam hospital

Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa has ordered urgent measures to control the outbreak of infections found in several departments within the medical institution.

Day camp warns parents of camper infected with pertussis

Health Ministry warns of potential outbreak after child in northern Israel is diagnosed with pertussis.

Health Ministry:

9 children died, 1,787 hospitalized since COVID outbreak

Since the outbreak began, 1,787 0-to-18-year-olds who contracted virus have been hospitalized, 100 in serious or critical condition, 9 died.

Israel to combat measles with earlier vaccines for 2-year-olds?

Committee of experts proposes Health Ministry offer second dose of measles vaccine at two years instead of in first grade.

California:

Doctors suspected of issuing unnecessary medical exemptions

California Medical Board investigating four doctors suspected of issuing unlawful vaccine exemptions, sometimes for a fee.

Haredi refusal to vaccinate caused measles outbreak

Medical report says 100% of measles cases were haredi Jews, 12 of them babies.

Fears of Outbreak as Jerusalem Anti-Vaccine Trend Continues

Doctors fear that trend toward avoiding vaccine could mean a resurgence of childhood diseases in Israel’s capital.

11 Dead as Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in US

The death toll has reached 11 in a lethal outbreak of fungal meningitis that so far has spread to 10 states in the United States.