HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE MEASLES VACCINES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12 IN MONSEY

HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE MEASLES VACCINES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12 IN MONSEY

NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents six months and older to get a free measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine on Friday, April 12, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Monsey WIC office, located at 23 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite […]

Measles Emergency–an Opportunity for Reducing Ultra-Orthodox Insularity through Education

Measles Emergency–an Opportunity for Reducing Ultra-Orthodox Insularity through Education

To the Editor, With better secular education comes a better society. Measles and misinformation about immunization are perfect examples. County Executive Ed Day’s “Declaration of a Local State of Emergency” is sound action to protect the public against a serious, highly contagious disease, measles. Parents found disregarding this directive can face a misdemeanor penalty, for […]