by Amy Norton When parents can no longer get “personal-belief” exemptions from childhood vaccinations, they may get around it by asking for religious exemptions for their kids, a new study finds. Researchers found that after Vermont banned personal-belief exemptions, the number of kindergartners with religious exemptions from vaccination suddenly shot up—from 0.5% to nearly 4%....
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Mumps study shows immunity gaps among vaccinated people
Posted Today Immunity against mumps virus appears insufficient in a fraction of college-aged people who were vaccinated in childhood, research from Emory Vaccine Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates. The findings highlight the need to better understand the immune response to mumps and mumps vaccines. The results of the study are...
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Third dose of MMR vaccine could help curb mumps outbreaks
(HealthDay)—A third dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine lowers the risk of mumps during an outbreak, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cristina V. Cardemil, M.D., M.P.H., from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of a third dose of...