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16-05-2025
- Health
Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 1,024, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. Cases have been confirmed in 30 states including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. The U.S. is nearing the total seen in 2019, of which there were 1,274 confirmed infections across the country over the course of a year, CDC data shows. The CDC says 13% of measles patients in the U.S. this year have been hospitalized, the majority of whom are under age 19. "The key thing about all of this is that the cases of measles that we're seeing today and that typically see are nearly 100% in people who have not received the vaccine," Dr. Roy Gulick, chief of infectious disease at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, told ABC News. Among the nationally confirmed cases, CDC says about 96% are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. Meanwhile, 1% of cases are among those who have received just one dose of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and 2% of cases are among those who received the required two doses, according to the CDC. "The thing to know about measles is that it is almost entirely 100% preventable and that's by receiving [a] measles vaccination," Gulick said. The CDC currently recommends that people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective, and two doses are 97% effective against measles, the CDC says. Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 due to a highly effective vaccination program, according to the CDC. But vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 93.1% seen the previous school year and the 95.2% seen in the 2019 to 2020 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccination rates declining, "that leaves more of the population susceptible to measles and means that it could be passed in the population more easily," Gulick said. "Sustained transmission which if it occurs in enough people and for long enough then we will lose status of eradication."
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 1,024, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. Cases have been confirmed in 30 states including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. The U.S. is nearing the total seen in 2019, of which there were 1,274 confirmed infections across the country over the course of a year, CDC data shows. MORE: Amid growing Texas outbreak, how contagious is measles? The CDC says 13% of measles patients in the U.S. this year have been hospitalized, the majority of whom are under age 19. "The key thing about all of this is that the cases of measles that we're seeing today and that typically see are nearly 100% in people who have not received the vaccine," Dr. Roy Gulick, chief of infectious disease at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, told ABC News. Among the nationally confirmed cases, CDC says about 96% are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. Meanwhile, 1% of cases are among those who have received just one dose of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and 2% of cases are among those who received the required two doses, according to the CDC. "The thing to know about measles is that it is almost entirely 100% preventable and that's by receiving [a] measles vaccination," Gulick said. The CDC currently recommends that people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective, and two doses are 97% effective against measles, the CDC says. MORE: Amid growing Texas outbreak, how contagious is measles? Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 due to a highly effective vaccination program, according to the CDC. But vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 93.1% seen the previous school year and the 95.2% seen in the 2019 to 2020 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccination rates declining, "that leaves more of the population susceptible to measles and means that it could be passed in the population more easily," Gulick said. "Sustained transmission which if it occurs in enough people and for long enough then we will lose status of eradication." Dr. Karen Tachi Udoh is an internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a member of the ABC News Medical Unit. Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC originally appeared on
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Solon Springs math teacher finalist for national award
May 9—SOLON SPRINGS — As a middle school math teacher at Solon Springs, Kelsey Rider is constantly on the move. On Monday, April 28, she walked students through mapping box and whisker plots and factoring numbers to make equivalent expressions. There were games, team exercises and a final challenge that had kids racing through the classroom. Rider only sat still when a three-minute "Better You" video on kindness was played. How do the daily videos factor into math class? "Because math is important, but being a better person is more important," said sixth grader Autumn Moyer. Otherwise, Rider moved from the whiteboard to desks, walking from student to student, connecting, coaching and encouraging. It's OK to make mistakes, she told them; that's how you learn. "Thank you for paying attention to detail, mathematicians," she said as they listed the factors of a tricky problem. "That's important in math and in life." Rider is one of three Wisconsin math teachers who are finalists for the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow in her field: the 2025 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. "This is a huge deal. This is like the cream of the crop for math teachers and science teachers," said Diamond Gulick, an education consultant for the Cooperative Educational Service Agency CESA 12, which provides shared services to 18 school districts in northern Wisconsin. Gulick nominated Rider for the award after sitting in on one of her classes. Rider teaches math to sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Solon Springs School. "It's just apparent how much she cares about each and every one of her students and how coachable she is and always wanting to better herself, like what new strategies she can learn and put into action in the classroom," Gulick said. "She's just an exemplary model of that caring, kind teacher that yet still maintains high expectations for all students by providing the right support for those kids to be successful in the class." Solon Springs Superintendent Pete Hopke called Rider a stellar teacher. "It's wonderful watching her provide her instruction and interact with kids," he said. Students gave her a seal of approval. "She's just amazing. She just makes everyone feel included," Autumn said. "Yeah and she'll never let one of us fall behind, said fellow sixth grader Mila Breitzmann. "She'll make sure we're at the same level or ahead. She'll meet us where we're at." Gulick noted that Rider calls her students "mathematicians." "Those are the little things that led me to think, 'This girl has got what it takes,'" Gulick said. "And she's so humble, so kind, and she just has that reflective superpower." Growing up in Barnum, Minnesota, Rider was inspired to teach by her middle school math teacher, Kristen Helland, and band teacher, Jeff Gilbertson. "He made every student feel so seen," Rider, who played clarinet, said about Gilbertson. "He made you excited to be at school each day." The "Better You" videos she plays are the same ones she watched in Helland's class as a student. Rider earned an elementary education degree with a middle school math endorsement in 2019 and a master's degree in teaching and learning in 2022. She's been teaching for six years — three years as an elementary teacher in Finlayson, Minnesota, and three years teaching middle school math in Solon Springs. Rider said she enjoys helping math students connect what they're learning with future concepts and master skills. But that's just part of the equation. "I also like taking things to the next level and teaching them about, you know, what it means to have a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset, how to be a critical thinker, how to be a problem solver," she said. "I love teaching them how to overcome obstacles. I think there's so many things that working on mathematics teaches us." Teaching all three grades allows her to keep track of each student's growth and meet them where they're at. "A lot of kids say, 'I don't like math,' and then at the end of the year they say, 'Math is my favorite subject,' and I think it's because I try hard to build positive relationships with the students," Rider said. "I let them know that OK to make mistakes." Her earning a finalist position for the national award has put a spotlight on the Solon Springs school, which has 313 students. "Sometimes you lose sight of that with your small schools that you can just have wonderful, wonderful teachers there," Hopke said. "You know who your superstars are, but it doesn't necessarily garner the recognition that larger schools and the wonderful teachers in those larger schools get." In addition to her knowledge of the concepts, fluid instruction and ability to engage students, Rider collaborates with fellow teachers and continues to learn. "She honestly is just like a sponge," Gulick said, adding that she digs into new strategies to see how they can fit with her teaching philosophy. Gulick has nominated teachers for the award before, but Rider is the first to complete the intensive application process, which includes a video of the teacher instructing students. "If I win the national award or not, I learned so much about who I am as an educator through this process," Rider said of the intensive application. As a math teacher in Kansas, Gulick was nominated for the award. Now, she seeks out exceptional teachers to honor. It's an opportunity to support the next generation of teachers, she said. Being a finalist will offer Rider additional networking opportunities and the chance to help shape future generations of math teachers. "There are a lot of the Wisconsin state finalists who serve on the board of the Wisconsin Math Council," Gulick said, a group that is instrumental in proposing policy and teacher goals for math teachers across the state. One math and one science teacher from each state will receive the award, which will be presented in Washington, D.C. The winners were announced in January. Visit for more information.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local smoke shops close due to new tax
AMES, Iowa — Almost ten years to the day Brandon Long opened High Class Glass in Ames, he permanently closed his smoke shop as a result of new legislation. On January 1st of this year, Senate File 345 took effect. The law was quietly passed at the end of the 2024 legislative session and imposed a 40% tax on glass or metal smoking devices, like bongs. Additionally, the law required smoke shops to pay a $1,500 sales permit yearly. As a result, Long closed High Class Glass on December 31, 2024, just one day shy of his businesses' tenth anniversary. 'I have painted a lot of murals and artwork and there were things that I hadn't moved in years and now they're gone,' said Long. 'Seeing it like this, so dusty and not taken care of [and] just waiting for the next tenant to come, it was definitely heartbreaking for sure. You spend ten years in a place and you're going to get attached to it.' His smoke shop once sold local blown glass, but the new law was the businesses' death blow. Long's colorful signs and lights were replaced by one piece of white printer paper on the door reading, 'Location permanently closed. Thank you for the years of wonderful support.' Also under the new law, business owners are also required to keep a record of devices sold for five years and they have to shield anyone under the age of twenty-one from seeing these devices. For example, shops either had to remove these devices from windowsills or cover their windows so they're not visible. 'They really, really, really made it hard to operate,' the former owner said. Long's leftover inventory is being sold to House of Glass, a smoke shop on Fleur Drive in Des Moines. The owner, Rachel Gulick, said if they didn't own the building that the shop is located in, they would have likely closed their doors, too. While Gulick's shop can remain open, they are still seeing the effects of the law. The owner had to let go of two employees and take them themselves off of payroll to be able to provide for the two staffers they have left. Gulick also said another well-known smoke shop in the Drake neighborhood, Groovy Goods, also had to close its doors for similar reasons. The shop had been open for three decades. According to a Facebook post by Groovy Goods, the shop closed 'due to the government and a landlord.' 'There's this saying in the business world that if you can make it five years, you're going to make it. Well, if you've made it 30 years and now can't make it because of swift action and taxes levied by the state, who can? And I don't think that's a great look for Iowa's business community,' said Gulick. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
