by NYC Private Schools on October 27, 2009
Health topics and the occasional health scare are no strangers to New York parents. NYC students, hit hard by the H1N1 flu last year, were at the forefront of a vaccination effort this year in order to reduce the number of children and families getting sick. The focus on the H1N1 flu has taken the focus slightly off the regular flu season and flu vaccination, however, and some families have not gotten their regular flu shot, thinking they have no need for it.
There are plenty of germs and viruses to go around, however, and not all of them the flu or the common cold.
The NY Daily News reported on a recent outbreak of mumps in Brooklyn:
City health officials warned Thursday of an outbreak of the old-fashioned childhood disease mumps in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn.
City health officials say there are 57 confirmed or probable cases and they are investigating more. Those infected are mostly between 10 and 15 years old.
“We know that approximately one in every 20 people who are vaccinated may not develop antibodies,” said Dr. Jane Zucker, assistant commissioner of immunization. “If the vaccine was not effective we would have many, many more cases. ”
Typically, it causes a painful swelling of the salivary glands. In rarer cases, patients can be rendered deaf.
It spreads through coughs and sneezes, and a person becomes ill about two weeks after exposure.
Make sure your NYC student is vaccinated appropriately and take special care of your family’s health.
by NYC Private Schools on August 13, 2009
The hard part of getting into a NY School is actually being accepted by the admissions department. Ensuring that your child is properly vaccinated according to state laws is just one more step along the way to a healthy, challenging academic career.
Health and vaccination records are necessary, by New York state law, in order to attend schools. There are strict guidelines in place to ensure that the proper vaccinations are administered to each student. This helps sustain the safety and health of the total student population and, in a larger sense, the family and public in general. We discussed the first in the series of vaccinations a student must have in our NY Student Immunizations post. Here is a continuing list of vaccinations required.
NY State Vaccinations
MMR
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
- Measles: The Measles is a viral disease characterized by a fever and a rash that begins on the face and neck. It eventually spreads to the back and chest, then to the arms and legs. Complications are common in very young. These complications can include pneumonia, encephalitis, and deafness. This notorious disease also affects the fetuses of pregnant women.
- Mumps: The mumps is an illness characterized by fever, stiff neck, loss of appetite and commonly, a swelling of the glands in the cheek just in front of the ear lobe.
- Rubella: Rubella, formerly known as the “German Measles”, is actually a milder illness than measles, but a similar rash may appear in about half of all cases. Pregnant women need to avoid Rubella as an infection with this virus during the first trimester has been shown to produce birth defects in up to 85% of babies.
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