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DOVER (February 13, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing that one of two pending test results for 2019 novel coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) has come back negative. The individual has been discharged from the hospital and is continuing to recover from their underlying illness at home. Test results for one other person are still pending from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are expected in the coming days. The individual, a New Castle County resident, remains hospitalized until test results are returned. No additional information is being provided about either individual. In Read More …

The coronavirus that appeared in Wuhan, China, has a new name: Covid-19. Read more: https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/11/disease-caused-by-the-novel-coronavirus-has-name-covid-19

The declaration gives the WHO certain additional authorities, including the ability to urge countries not to limit travel and trade, though the recommendations do not have to be followed. Read more

Vaccinate Your Family asked immunization coalitions throughout the states to add their name to a letter requesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to vaccinate those people – particularly children – in their custody against influenza.   The ICD added our name to a list of 54 signatories that was shared with Acting Secretary McAleenan, Secretary Azar, Director Redfield, and Surgeon General Adams. https://www.vaccinateyourfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Immunization-Community-Request-for-the-Vaccination-of-Detainees-in-CBP-Custody-October-2019_final.pdf

September 10, 2019 | CNN | Devan Cole California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed two bills that limit medical exemptions for vaccines of schoolchildren. Under SB 276, California’s Department of Public Health would investigate medical exemptions from doctors who have granted five or more in a year.   Read more

Pingali, S.C., Delamater, P.L., Buttenheim, A.M., et al (2019). Findings  In this observational study of school-level data from 9 323 315 kindergartners who started attending school between 2000 and 2017, the rate of kindergartners without up-to-date vaccination status decreased from 9.84% during 2013 (before the interventions) to 4.87% during 2017 (after the interventions). Read more

6/24/2019: This issue has been resolved Envision, our DelVAX vendor, has discovered a bug in the latest version of Google Chrome (v75+) that is causing duplicate entry or error messages when entering data into DelVAX.  While Chrome and Envision are working on the bug (not going to be a quick fix), it is recommended that you not use Chrome when entering data into DelVAX.  Internet Explorer 11, Firefox and Edge are ok to use.

So which is the measles? A minor inconvenience and source of comedy in “The Flintstones,” or a growing, deadly international emergency? If you talk to the official organizations whose solemn mission it is to protect the health of the population, measles outbreaks are a crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have now confirmed more than 700 cases across 22 states in the United States in 2019 alone. That’s despite the disease having been declared eradicated in the U.S. in the year 2000. Read more

Vaccinations save lives, protect our children, and are one of the greatest public health achievements in history. Most parents choose to protect their children with these safe, proven vaccines. Despite this, we are now seeing a large, very concerning outbreak of measles. Vaccinating your baby according to the recommended immunization schedule provides the best protection against 14 serious childhood illnesses—including measles and whooping cough. As a parent, I have publicly talked about my family’s decision to protect my three children by getting them vaccinated. Unfortunately, there is inaccurate information circulating about vaccines, so let’s make sure we separate the facts Read More …