Two papers and an editorial highlight the need for better awareness of the importance of vitamin K for newborns.
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak might be slowing slightly, but nationally the outlook is bleak.
A large unvaccinated population plus waning herd immunity created the perfect conditions for the virus to infect adults.
At least 8 people in the US have died from measles complications this year; the CDC has confirmed just 4.
Pennsylvania remains the epicenter of measles activity in the US, with 1,467 cases.
In 2 surveys, 28% and 27% of respondents said they had exaggerated or fabricated symptoms to get antibiotics for themselves or their child, respectively.
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People with a reported penicillin allergy are often prescribed clindamycin, an antibiotic with a black box warning because of its high risk of causing life-threatening bowel infections.
Also, the UK evacuates an infected health worker, and Kenya prepares to release all remaining quarantined contacts next week.
"One of the challenges that we have today is trust, and that trust is really difficult to respond to when you have a US government, a senior health official, making claims about the danger of vaccines."
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