Clinic vaccination errors
In an annual audit, authorities shut down a clinic in Salem County, N.J. that gave expired or wrong vaccinations to uninsured children through the Shots for Tots program between October 2014 and June 2015. The audit reveals a two-year-old boy was given an excessive dose of an HPV vaccination for cervical cancer (Gardasil), a one-year-old child was given a flu mist dose at the wrong age, two children were given expired vaccinations, and one child was given a wrong vaccination for an unconfirmed disease. Authorities also dispose of $20,000 worth of vaccines that perished following improper storage. Salem County Counsel:
If errors occur, errors occur. And you got to step up to the plate, and you have to make sure somebody’s not harmed further.
First nine cases confirmed
California Department of Health confirms nine cases of measles from unvaccinated visitors who contracted the disease in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park in Orange County, California from December 15 to December 20. The department confirms seven cases treated in California and two cases treated in Utah, and urges people to contact health care providers if they experience symptoms of fever, cough, runny nose, and red rashes.