Author: Jim

Rising STD Rates

The work is in response to a recent spike in local syphilis cases among women. APHA member Cherie Walker-Baban, program manager in the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s STD Control Program, said health workers had been preparing for the possibility, as syphilis upticks often accompany addiction epidemics such as the current opioid crisis.

http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/49/2/1.2

By Kim Krisberg

Temple Mumps Cases Up to 116

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-vaccine-temple-university-immunization-policy-20190402.html

KYW

https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/temple-university-revamps-immunizations-policy-amid-mumps-outbreak

NBC 10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Temple-University-Mumps-Cases-Rise-116-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania–507960381.html

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/116-cases-now-reported-in-mumps-outbreak-at-temple-university/5229206/

Second Temple Mumps Vaccine Clinic

AP

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/education/article/Nearly-5-000-at-Temple-U-get-shots-amid-mumps-13727278.php

Inside Higher Education

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/02/temple-sees-mumps-outbreak-more-100-cases

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/temple-holds-second-mumps-vaccine-clinic/5223942/

6ABC (2)

https://6abc.com/health/over-4800-vaccinated-against-mumps-during-temple-clinics/5225059/

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-university-administers-more-than-3400-mumps-vaccines-after-two-clinics/

Fox 29

http://www.fox29.com/news/local-news/temple-university-hosting-second-mumps-vaccine-clinic-friday

CBS 3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/temple-offers-2nd-free-mumps-vaccine-clinic-as-outbreak-reaches-triple-digits/

CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-students-get-shots-2019-03-30/

First Temple Mumps Vaccine Clinic

WHYY

https://whyy.org/articles/mumps-outbreak-sends-temple-students-staff-lining-up-for-free-mmr-vaccines/

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-mmr-vaccine-clinic-20190327.html

Fox 29

http://www.fox29.com/news/temple-university-hosts-free-mumps-vaccine-clinics-amid-outbreak

Fox 29 (2)

http://www.fox29.com/news/over-2-200-show-up-to-temple-university-s-free-mumps-vaccine-clinic

NBC 10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Hundreds-Line-Booster-Shots-Temple-Mumps-Outbreak-507724711.html

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-administers-more-than-2000-vaccines-for-mumps/

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/will-vaccine-booster-clinics-stop-mumps-outbreak/5220846/

6ABC (2)

https://6abc.com/health/temple-offers-walk-in-vaccine-clinics-as-mumps-cases-top-100/5219011/

CBS3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/27/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-vaccine-booster-shots/

AP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-latest-over-2k-get-vaccine-booster-amid-mumps-outbreak/2019/03/27/21ff505a-50d0-11e9-bdb7-44f948cc0605_story.html

ScienceTimes

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/19316/20190328/mumps.htm

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/28/707710860/vaccination-push-underway-to-contain-mumps-outbreak-in-philadelphia

ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-expected-continue-weeks-thousands/story?id=62036178

Temple Mumps Cases Up to 105 and Press Conference

Release

https://mailchi.mp/phila.gov/media-advisoryphiladelphia-department-of-public-health-and-temple-university-to-host-media-availability-prior-to-mumps-vaccine-clinic?e=[UNIQID]

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-vaccine-clinic-20190326.html

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-and-city-officials-provide-mumps-outbreak-update/

Huffington Post

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/temple-university-mumps-outbreak_n_5c9b7117e4b07c88662e8bb2

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/more-than-hundred-mumps-cases-reported-at-temple-university/5219011/

NBC10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Number-of-Mumps-Cases-Rises-to-105-Temple-University–507685491.html

Fox29

http://www.fox29.com/news/temple-mumps-outbreak-grows-to-105-probable-cases-18-confirmed

CBS 3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/27/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-over-100-cases-vaccination-clinics/

Daily Pennsylvanian

https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/mumps-penn-temple-disease-contagious-off-campus

Metro

https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/philadelphia/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-reaches-105-cases

Temple Mumps Cases Up to 99

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/temple-holding-vaccination-clinics-in-wake-of-mumps-outbreak/5210136/

KYW

https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-now-99

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/there-are-now-99-cases-of-temple-related-mumps/

Fox 29

http://www.fox29.com/news/officials-temple-mumps-outbreak-grows-to-99-likely-cases

NBC10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Mumps-Temple-University-Cases-Outbreak-North-Philadelphia-Rise-507631791.html

Patch

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/mumps-cases-temple-reaches-99-officials-say

Soda Taxes Touted By American Academy of Pediatrics

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley noted that the article emphasizes taxes as the “number one recommended policy” to help reduce kids’ sugar intake.

“So Philadelphians should be proud that we’re on the forefront of a movement to invest in our children’s education, which can also improve children’s health by lowering their sugary drink consumption,” Farley said in a statement.

https://www.philly.com/news/soda-tax-pediatric-association-pediatrician-heart-association-policy-20190325.html

By Laura McChrystal