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Father News: Measles Outbreak, Food Allergies, Obamacare, and Doctor Gives HIV To 150 Kids
By Dad News Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Measles Outbreak Triggered By Unvaccinated Child A 7-year-old boy who wasn’t vaccinated for the measles, traveled to Europe and contracted the virus. Upon his return home to San Diego, he exposed 839 people, and an additional 11 children contracted the virus. What are the pros and cons of vaccinating our kids? (HealthDay)
FDA Asks Docs To Suspend Using Glaxo Rotavirus Vaccine “Rotarix is contaminated with pig virus but poses no known health risk, officials say.” (HealthDay)
Uzbek Doctors Infected Some 150 Children With HIV: Report “The mass outbreak was due to using catheters and syringes many times without sterilization, falsification of sterilization notifications and destruction of proper documents.” (AFP)
Food-Allergic Kids Should Carry Two ‘epi’ Doses “Here’s your lunch, homework, backpack, and two epi shots just in case somebody from class decides to have shrimp for lunch.” (Reuters)
Obamacare: The Dadwagon Endorsement What are your opinions about the Health Care Bill passed by Congress? (Dadwagon)
Parenting News: Child HIV, Bullies, Child Therapy, and Children Attending Jury Duty
By Dad News Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
UN Says Mother-Child HIV Can Be Eliminated By 2015 “It estimates that between $13-20 billion are needed for the period 2011-2013.” (AP)
Kids Born Via IVF Mostly Faring Well Into Adulthood “Because those earliest stages are different for children conceived through IVF, that could, in theory, result in differences in disease risks.” (Reuters)
Jailed For Taking Kids To Jury Duty How else will our children learn how the legal system works? (NYTimes)
Fake Nostalgia For A Pre-Therapy Past Are kids better off figuring out all their problems by themselves? (NYTimes)
Bully For You, Chilly For Me How should kids deal with a bully? How about parents? (Dadcentric)
