The Daily Populous

Saturday August 5th, 2017 night edition

image for The global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun

Now it seems Australia and a number of countries in Europe are fed up enough with vaccine-refusing parents that they’re experimenting with punitive measures.

This marks a pretty aggressive shift in how we manage vaccine refusers and the costly, deadly outbreaks of diseases like measles and whooping cough they help spark.

Here’s a quick roundup of the global crackdown on vaccine-refusing parents:.

Germany is also cracking down on vaccine-refusing parents: Its parliament approved a law that obliges administrators at kindergartens to report parents who refuse counseling from their doctors about vaccines.

is also cracking down on vaccine-refusing parents: Its parliament approved a law that obliges administrators at kindergartens to report parents who refuse counseling from their doctors about vaccines.

Here, vaccine skeptics have also been persuading more parents in a number of states to refuse shots for their children.

These figures are much higher than the national averages (85 percent for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and 92 percent for the measles-mumps-rubella vaccines). »

First hints Parkinson's can be stopped

Authored by bbc.com
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It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson's disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests.

The trial on 62 patients, published in the Lancet, hints the medicine halted the progression of the disease.

In the trial, half of patients were given the diabetes drug exenatide and the rest were given a placebo (dummy treatment). »

Search for 3 missing Marines under way after aircraft crashes off Australia coast

Authored by foxnews.com
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Ships, small boats and aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group were conducting the operations following the incident, the Marine base Camp Butler in Japan said in a statement.

The MV-22, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor was in the area conducting scheduled operations when the aircraft entered the water, the statement continued.

The Talisman Sabre exercise, a biennial event between the two nations, involved more than 30,000 troops and 200 military aircraft. »

Uber’s search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men

Authored by denverpost.com
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In the wake of Kalanick’s departure, a number of A-list female executives have made it clear they are not interested in the role.

General Motors chief executive Mary Barra and EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall, were reportedly approached, but did not pan out.

Last week, HP chief executive Meg Whitman prominently took herself out of the running with a post on Twitter. »