Italian politician and leading anti-vax figure is hospitalised with chickenpox

NewsBy MPA AdminMarch 20, 2019

Massimiliano Fedriga is the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy Argued against decree which made vaccination mandatory for schoolchildren Twitter users mocked Mr Fedriga for catching infection after vaccine comments  But he claimed he was not an anti-vaxxer, and had his own children vaccinated    A leading anti-vax figure and Italian politician was…

Whooping cough vaccine less effective because the bacteria is mutating, study suggests

NewsBy MPA AdminMarch 20, 2019

The vaccine for whooping cough doesnʼt work as well as it used to, and new research suggests itʼs largely because the bacteria behind the disease has mutated. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed lab samples from patients with whooping cough between 2000 and 2013 and found Bordetella pertussis, which causes whooping…