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Wednesday, July 11; 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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Experts urge measles shots
Recent outbreaks of measles have prompted physicians and health officials to urge patients to be revaccinated because some early vaccines were inadequate.
By Erlin Gothard Special to the Kansan
By Erin Gothard
Ann Allor, communicable disease charge nurse at the Douglas County Health Department, said that department officials recommend that people who were born in or after 1957 and received a vaccination after they were one year old should be vaccinated. People who were vaccinated between 1963 and 1987 also should be vaccinated. The authorities said these times would offer some protection but were not as effective as today's vaccines.
So far this year, 212 measles cases have been reported in Kansas, according to the Kansas Health Department. One person has died of the disease this year.
Of those cases, 74 people had been vaccinated.
Of those cases, 74 people had been vaccinated. In May, four cases of measles were reported at the University, but only two were confirmed. This caused University officials to require immunization document-
tation for new students. All new KU students will have a hold placed on their spring 1991 enrollment if they do not have proof of their immunization on file at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Charles Vockey, Wutkina chief of staff, said he did not expect an increase in the number of meals cases
There are two types of measles — rubella and rubella. Both are viral diseases that cause a head cold, runny nose, fever and swamp. Measles rarely may lead to sepsis or severe cephalitis. Rubella measles may cause birth defects.
The vaccine usually does not cause any side effects, but occasionally a brief rash, numble and nose congestion may occur.
The new vaccine is more effective than older ones. About 95 percent of those who receive the new type will develop immunity that may last a lifetime. It becomes effective within two weeks of immunization.
Students who think they may need vaccinations may get them at Watkins. The vaccinations are free to enrolled students. Last semester 1,043 students received measles vaccines at Watkins.
Study reports handgun use in U.S.
WASHINGTON — An estimated 639,000 Americans are confronted each year by criminals carrying handguns, including 9,500 people who are killed and 15,000 left wounded, according to a report released Sunday.
The Associated Press
A Justice Department study of crime statistics from 1979 through 1987 showed that 44 percent of people murdered during the nine-year
period were killed by assailants wielding handguns.
Guns were used in 7 percent of the rapes, 18 percent of robberies and 22 percent of the aggravated assaults.
The study was based on victims' reports taken by the department's annual National Crime Survey. It did not display the figures by state or city.
12,100 raps, 210,000 robberies and
407,600 assaults committed by criminals with handguns, the Justice Department reported. An average of 15,000 people a year were wounded by assailants possessing handguns,
In an average year during the period, there were 9,200 murders.
Fifty-one percent of the murders and non-negligent manslaughters committed by people with handguns occurred when shots were fired during an argument or a fight, according to the study.
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