Measles in Healthcare Facilities in the United States During the Postelimination Era, 2001-2014.

Practice of Epidemiology Identifying Postelimination Trends for the Introduction and Transmissibility of Measles in the United States

The continued elimination of measles requires accurate assessment of its epidemiology and a critical evaluation of how its incidence is changing with time. National surveillance of measles in the United States between 2001 and 2011 provides data on the number of measles introductions and the size of the resulting transmission chains. These data allow inference of the effective reproduction numb...

A global perspective of vaccination of healthcare personnel against measles: systematic review.

Measles transmission has been well documented in healthcare facilities. Healthcare personnel who are unvaccinated and who lack other evidence of measles immunity put themselves and their patients at risk for measles. We conducted a systematic literature review of measles vaccination policies and their implementation in healthcare personnel, measles seroprevalence among healthcare personnel, mea...

International Importations of Measles Virus into the United States during the Post-Elimination Era, 2001–2015

Does the Accountable Care Act Aim to Promote Quality, Health, and Control Costs or Has It Missed the Mark? ;Comment on “Health System Reform in the United States”

McDonough’s perspective on healthcare reform in the US provides a clear, coherent analysis of the mix of access and delivery reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare. As noted by McDonough, this major reform bill is designed to expand access for health coverage that includes both prevention and treatment benefits among uninsured Americans. Additionally, this legislation includes s...

Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination - United States, 2001-2010

BACKGROUND Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is associated with several negative outcomes, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The objective of this study was to estimate the numbers of CRS and ASD cases prevented by rubella vaccination in the United States from 2001 through 2010. METHODS Prevention estimates were calculated through simple mathematical modeling, with values of model p...