Public health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 hours agoHealth officials sound alarm as U.S measles cases rise
Declining vaccination rates are leading to increased outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis in the U.S.
While coverage has been slipping since 2015, public health specialists say the speed and scale of the drop in 2024 is without precedent a collapse deepened by Javier Milei's sweeping austerity programme, which has slashed the national health budget and strained the outreach networks that once underpinned Argentina's vaccination successes. The decline is serious. Coverage continues to fall. It has never been this low,
The removal of local disease surveillance data from the Florida Department of Health's website hampers public awareness and response for vaccine-preventable diseases.