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Seattle – Mumps Outbreak Linked To Idaho University Spreads To Washington State
Seattle - An outbreak of mumps that started at an Idaho university and infected 21 people across the state has now spread to neighboring Washington state, health officials said on Monday.
The sprea...
New York – Study: Mumps Outbreak In Orthodox Community Traced To Face-to-face Schooling
New York - A face-to-face educational method used among Orthodox Jews apparently led to a U.S. outbreak of mumps in 2009 and 2010 even though most of those infected had been properly vaccinated, accor...
Philadelphia, PA – Outbreak of Mumps Reported in Yeshiva
Philadelphia, PA - The Philadelphia Health Department is warning about an outbreak of mumps at a school in Overbrook.
19 cases of mumps have been reported at Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia.
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Kiryas Joel, NY – Teen Boys Show Highest Risk for Mumps
Kiryas Joel, NY - As many as 557 people have gotten mumps in Kiryas Joel since an outbreak began at a Sullivan County camp last summer and spread to ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the tri-state ...
New York, NY – NYC Dept. Of Health: New Outbreak of Mumps in Jewish Communities in Brooklyn
New York, NY - The Health Department continues to identify mumps cases in Brooklyn’s Jewish communities and is encouraging young adults – especially males – in the community to get vaccinated unless t...
Rockland County, NY – Health Officials: Mumps Cases Still Rising in The Jewish Community Of Monsey
Rockland County, NY - More than 300 people in Rockland have been diagnosed with the mumps as a cluster that started last summer in an upstate camp for Jewish boys and turned into the largest outbreak ...
New York – Mumps Outbreak Takes High Toll on NY
New York - The largest U.S. outbreak of the mumps in several years is taking its toll on New York.
At least 152 people in the Rockland County towns of Monsey and New Square have been diagnosed with...
Jerusalem – Mumps Outbreak at Yeshiva
Jurusalem - A mumps outbreak has hit the Or Shmuel Yeshiva at Givat Shaul in Jerusalem, according to Yisrael HaYom. Fifteen of the yeshiva's 120 students have already contracted the disease.
The fi...
Spring Valley, NY – Outbreak of Mumps in Monsey
Spring Valley, NY - At least 45 children in Rockland have been diagnosed with mumps, a highly infectious disease that is also being reported in communities in Brooklyn and Orange County, N.Y., accordi...
Canada – Mumps Outbreak In Montreal
Canada - VIN News has confirmed that Health officials in Montreal say a mumps outbreak in Montreal is possibility linked to a recent outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y.
About 8 people in Montreal, who range...
New Jersey – Mumps Outbreak In Lakewood Linked To Brooklyn
Lakewood, NJ - Health officials say a mumps outbreak in New Jersey is linked to a recent outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y.
About 30 people in Lakewood, who range in age from 1 to 40 years old, have come d...
Brooklyn, NY – A Health Alert Has Been Issued About a Mumps Outbreak in Borough Park
Brooklyn, NY - New York City's Health and Mental Hygiene Department is warning doctors about a mumps outbreak in Brooklyn.
The cases started turning up in late August.
The outbreak began among c...
Millions in the UK Are Being Urged to Get Vaccinations During a Surge in Measles Cases
LONDON (AP) — U.K. health officials on Monday urged millions of parents to book their children in for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots amid a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and t...
NY Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines Fined $300K for Falsifying Records
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week.
Je...
U.S. Childhood Vaccination Exemptions Reach Their Highest Level Ever
NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
More parents are questio...
UK Officials Warn Low Measles Immunization Rates Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Cases in London
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases of the rash-ca...
The Baker, the Dentist and Our Biases
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
There is a fascinating Sifrei which the Chofetz Chaim quotes in the seventh chapter of his work, “Sefas Tamim.” The Sifrei states that seeing truth is a Torah Mitz...
Is it Wrong to Force Immigrants (legal or illegal) to Vaccinate?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The American Civil War (1861 –1865) pitted brother against brother. The real issue that they fought about was whether to allow or forbid the new territories in t...
Why Being Pro-vaccine in 2022 Is a Must
Vaccinations are the most efficient strategy to protect yourself against infectious illnesses. Unfortunately, anti-vaxxers often share stories on social media discussing why they aren’t—th...
Fighting Anti-Vaxxers Among Some Brooklyn Orthodox Jews, Nurses Write A 140-Page Rebuttal
NEW YORK (JTA) - Before most New Yorkers had ever heard the word “coronavirus,” another public health scare dominated local news: the measles outbreak of 2019, which shared key parallels with the pand...