Media/Policy Watch
This section is intended to alert readers to substantive news, analysis and opinion from the general media on vaccines, immunization, global; public health and related themes. Media Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues CVEP is actively tracking. This section will grow from an initial base of newspapers, magazines and blog sources, and is segregated from Journal Watch above which scans the peer-reviewed journal ecology.

We acknowledge the Western/Northern bias in this initial selection of titles and invite suggestions for expanded coverage. We are conservative in our outlook in adding news sources which largely report on primary content we are already covering above. Many electronic media sources have tiered, fee-based subscription models for access. We will provide full-text where content is published without restriction, but most publications require registration and some subscription level.

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 20 June 2015
North Korea Claims It Has Cure for MERS, Ebola and AIDS
Korea fights an outbreak of MERS that has killed two dozen people and sickened more than 160 since last month. There is no vaccine for the disease.
June 19, 2015 – By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – World – Print Headline: “North Korea Claims It Has Cure for MERS, Ebola and AIDS”

Meningitis Vaccine Mandate for Seventh Graders in New York Passes
Legislature. Beginning in September 2016, the bill would require students entering seventh grade to have received the meningitis vaccine, with a booster shot to be given in the 12th grade. The United States Centers for Disease
June 19, 2015 – By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS – N.Y. / Region – Print Headline: “Meningitis Vaccine Mandate for Seventh Graders Passes”

Ebola Vaccines in Limbo Expose Need for More Speed in Trials
there are suddenly no cases for the trials,” said the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Marie-Paule Kieny. The Liberia Ebola vaccine trial, which had aimed to sign up more than 28,000 subjects, has had to stop enrolling after only
June 17, 2015 – By REUTERS – World – Print Headline: “Ebola Vaccines in Limbo Expose Need for More Speed in Trials”