{"539661":{"#nid":"539661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Many Americans traveling abroad without key vaccinations, study says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com\/mailview.aspx?m=2015101201ama\u0026amp;r=6127647-fa06\u0026amp;l=020-3bf\u0026amp;t=c\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECBS News\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(10\/10, Welch) reported that new research presented this week at an infectious disease conference in San Diego suggests that \u201cof the nearly 41,000 international U.S. fliers examined, 16 percent needed the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine \u2013 but only about half of them actually got it.\u201d Health experts note this is dangerous \u201cbecause most measles outbreaks in the US are caused by unvaccinated people who are infected overseas.\u201d In a statement, lead study author Dr. Emily Hyle, an infectious disease specialist and instructor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, said, \u201cMeasles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and even brief exposure can lead to infection.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Only half of travelers who needed the MMR vaccine got it, study suggests."}],"uid":"30687","created_gmt":"2016-05-24 14:20:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:46","author":"Nathaniel Barnwell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"542121":{"id":"542121","type":"image","title":"Stamps placeholder image","body":null,"created":"1465333200","gmt_created":"2016-06-07 21:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Stamps placeholder image","file":{"fid":"90679","name":"logo_gt_shs.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png","mime":"image\/png","size":29036,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png?itok=e75JTDvr"}}},"media_ids":["542121"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com\/mailview.aspx?l=020-3bf\u0026m=2015101201ama\u0026r=6127647-fa06\u0026t=c","title":"CBS News report"}],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172060","name":"health blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}