The following is an excerpt of an article from The Los Angeles Times In Los Angeles County, Gutierrez said, sheriff’s detectives arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with child pornography after finding several video clips showing the assault of a 6-year-old. When San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials arrested a man at a motel in Ontario, […]
California
Fact Check: False Reports Claiming Calif. Measles Outbreak "Killed Children"
Recent reporting has implied or stated that the California measles outbreak resulted in many deaths. Further, many reports and blogs have implied there have been many U.S. measles deaths in recent years. One notable example is an article published in Examiner.com by Paul Hamaker who is described as a "chemist and mathematician" (and also is referred […]
California Measles Outbreak Over: No Deaths Reported
[Above image: classic measles rash] California’s Disney theme park-related measles outbreak has been declared over. No deaths were reported among the 147 patients, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The vast majority of cases were contained to California. Measles is considered a highly contagious virus spread through the air by coughs and sneezes. CDC […]
The 2015 U.S. Measles Outbreak: Facts at Your Fingertips
[Above image: an infant who is too young to be vaccinated and infected with measles rash] A total of 141 people in the U.S.– almost all of them in California -- have caught a highly contagious case of measles since January 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Measles is nothing to sneeze at. It often comes […]
Obamacare Used to Register Voters
Last spring, John* purchased health insurance through the Washington State healthcare exchange. He was surprised when, last month, he received an email from the exchange at the address he’d provided when he signed up. The email was entitled, “Voter Registration Information.” It read, in part: [quote]“ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? If you would like to […]
