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TIP STATEMENT: TIP Chief Strategy Officer on the Cy-Fair ISD Decision: School boards have no business putting science education on political chopping blocks
HOUSTON, TX (May 8, 2024) — Following reporting that Cypress-Fairbank ISD is eliminating educational material about immunizations from district curriculum, The Immunization Partnership’s Chief Strategy Officer Rekha Lakshmanan said in a media statement:
“Politicizing the science behind immunizations that protect our children’s health and save lives is outrageous. And it’s especially dangerous at a time when our public health systems are constantly on the defensive against deliberate misinformation. Whether in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD or anywhere else in Texas, school boards have no business putting science education on the chopping block.”
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The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of McCulloch County
Two cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas this year, both in non-school-aged children. The first case was diagnosed in June in a resident of Hood County. The second was diagnosed in August in a resident of McCulloch County. Neither has a history of travel to an area where measles is spreading, and no other risk factors for exposure were identified. Both cases had received one dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. At this time, public health officials do not suspect these cases are related.