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Opponents of a bill to repeal Connecticut's religious exemption for required school vaccinations march down Capitol Avenue before the State Senate voted on legislation on April 27, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. Connecticut eliminated its longstanding religious waiver for vaccinations in 2021, joining California, West Virginia, New York and Maine in allowing only medical exemptions. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

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Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out
By DEVI SHASTRI - AP Health Writer
Wed,12/20/23-9:49AM , 92 Reads
When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In the end, 10 people, all in one family, were infected, all unvaccinated.
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A nurse checks the vitals of a 33-year-old woman in Shreveport, La., on Oct. 9, 2021. A survey by KFF, a health policy research group, released Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, shows 60% of Black patients said they prepare for insults or feel they have to be careful about their appearance in order to be treated fairly by health providers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Patients of color more often brace for unfair treatment in health care, survey finds
By DEVI SHASTRI - AP Health Writer
Tue,12/05/23-4:35PM , 77 Reads
A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles.

But dressing well in hopes of warding off unfair treatment – or even bracing for being insulted?
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Julio Figuera, 43, has his temperature taken at the Cook County, Ill., medical clinic on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Chicago. "I rarely get sick," he said. "It was the journey that got me sick." Figuera, developed pneumonia since arriving in the U.S. and has been living with hundreds of other asylum seekers at O'Hare International Airport while awaiting more city permanent shelter. When migrants began arriving in Chicago last year, city leaders tapped the county's health system to take over medical care. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Migrants in cities across the US may need medical care. It's not that easy to find
By DEVI SHASTRI - AP Health Writer
Thu,11/02/23-3:03AM , 112 Reads
All the chairs in the waiting room were filled by dozens of newly arrived migrants waiting to be seen by a Cook County health worker at a clinic in Chicago. Julio Figuera, 43, was among them.
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A nurse practitioner holds a COVID-19 vaccine card at a New York Health and Hospitals vaccine clinic in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 10, 2021. Now that COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed through the commercial markets instead of by the federal government in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention won't be shipping out any more new cards. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

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Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them
By DEVI SHASTRI - AP Health Writer
Wed,10/04/23-1:20PM , 87 Reads
It's the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.
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