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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Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/
Accessed 31 October2015
FluMist Shortage Shouldn’t Delay Flu Shots — Yes, Even If You Hate Needles
Yes, you have to get your flu shot approximately yesterday if you want to be protected from this year’s flu season — even if that means getting a painful jab.
Sarah Hedgecock, Forbes Staff, Oct 30, 2015

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Foreign Policy
http://foreignpolicy.com/
Accessed 31 October2015
The Polio Capital of the World
Pakistan’s Army and Lady Health Workers are at the center of the global effort to eradicate polio. How successful have they been?
Arsla Jawaid | October 22, 2015

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 31 October2015
It’s Not Brain Surgery, Ben Carson
…He has hedged on the question of childhood vaccine safety to suggest that “a multitude of vaccines” backed by decades of conclusive research ought to be considered with “discretion.”
November 01, 2015 – By ISHANI GANGULI – Opinion

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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/home-page?_wsjregion=na,us&_homepage=/home/us
Accessed 31 October2015
NY to mandate meningitis vaccines for 7th, 12th-graders
Oct. 29, 2015 4:38 pm ET