Measles Emergencyโ€“an Opportunity for Reducing Ultra-Orthodox Insularity through Education

Measles Emergencyโ€“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 Dayโ€™s โ€œDeclaration of a Local State of Emergencyโ€ 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 […]

County Executiveโ€™s Corner: โ€œThe Necessary Stepโ€

County Executiveโ€™s Corner: โ€œThe Necessary Stepโ€

By County Executive Ed Day This week we faced another new challenge as part of our ongoing measles outbreak. A group of parents from the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge filed a lawsuit and sought an injunction against the orders imposed by our Commissioner of Health to keep their unvaccinated students out of […]

HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE MEASLES VACCINES ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE MEASLES VACCINES ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

Flu vaccines will also be available NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to get a free measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine on Wednesday, February 13, from 5:30 pm โ€“ 7:30 pm at the Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center, located at 110 […]

Advisory: Measles Numbers Update

Advisory: Measles Numbers Update

COUNTY OF ROCKLAND PRESS RELEASE There is no change in the number of confirmed case numbers from yesterday. There are still 91 confirmed cases of measles within Rockland County. There are now only four suspected cases that the Rockland County Department of Health is continuing to investigate, down from eight yesterday. The Department of Health […]