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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Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME
Accessed 27 June 201
California vaccine bill clears major legislative hurdle
26 June 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Assembly on Thursday approved a hotly contested bill requiring that nearly all public schoolchildren be vaccinated, clearing one of its last major legislative obstacles before the measure heads to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.
The bill aims to increase immunization rates after a measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in December sickened over 100 people in the U.S. and Mexico.
It would give California one of the nation’s strictest vaccine laws by striking the state’s personal belief exemption. Only children with serious health issues would be allowed to opt out of mandatory vaccine schedules. Unvaccinated children would need to be homeschooled.
If the bill becomes law, California would join Mississippi and West Virginia as the only states with such strict requirements…

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 27 June 2015
Boy Dies of Diphtheria in Spain, Parents Rejected Vaccine
Officials say a six-year-old boy who had been the first child to contract diphtheria in Spain in 29 years has died from the disease in a Barcelona hospital.
June 27, 2015 – By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/home-page?_wsjregion=na,us&_homepage=/home/us
Accessed 27 June 2015
NIH Expands Testing of Ebola Drugs and Vaccines Into New Countries
06/23/15
The National Institutes of Health has widened its research into Sierra Leone and Guinea, a move that increases the chances of getting definitive results from clinical studies.

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Accessed 27 June 2015
Nearly instantaneous, finger-prick test for Ebola could be game changer
The blood test can detect the virus in minutes.
Ariana Eunjung Cha | National | Jun 26, 2015