Opting Out of Vaccinations Capital Public
Radio's Healthcare Reporter Pauline Bartolone's story about an elementary school in Nevada City
that has the state's highest rate of parents choosing to opt out of
now-required immunizations for their school-age children airs
today on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. We'll speak
with a parent who has chosen not to vaccinate her children and a
parent that has vaccinated her children. We'll also speak
with Pauline Bartolone about her reporting on
this story. Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of the division of
pediatric infectious diseases in the department of pediatrics at
the UC Davis Medical Center, also joins us to discuss the facts
about vaccinations.
Climate Change and Earthquakes The Internet
is buzzing with speculation that global warming is leading to
earthquakes in unusual places such as Colorado and along the East
Coast, which both suffered earthquakes last week. We'll break
new ground on the discussion with Dr. David P. Schwartz, earthquake
geologist/paleoseismologist from the Menlo Park Earthquake Science Center of
the United
States Geological Survey, and UC Davis physics professor, Dr. John Rundle, who have been looking at the
link between climate change and unusual seismic acitivity.
Peace Corps 50th Anniversary The Peace Corps celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Rose Garden ceremony with President John F. Kennedy yesterday. We'll talk with one of the very first Peace Corps volunteers, Michael Shea, who is a former Sacramento State Professor and still lives in Sacramento. Shea was at the Rose Garden ceremony with President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago before departing for his Peace Corps service in Africa.
Articles by and about Dr. Dean Blumberg, pertaining to
vaccinations:
"A Shot in the Arm for Childhood Disease Prevention"
Find the FDA's Synopsis of Mercury-Containing
Preservatives in Vaccines Here.
