American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP)

The American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians are mindful of the tragic murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and express our support for ending the longstanding injustices faced by Blacks in our country. We recognize that our under-represented minority patients, families, pediatricians, and trainees suffer microaggressions and racism that may have gone unnoticed or unacknowledged.  We pledge to encourage, support, and provide training for our members to learn how to address these aggressions and treat our patients who suffer from related adverse childhood events.

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In 2000 the CDC officially declared that the highly contagious measles virus had been eliminated in the United States.  This was made possible in large part to an aggressive vaccination campaign and increasing advocacy and education by healthcare workers. In recent years, however, we have begun to see an increase in cases returning throughout the country.  While many of these cases can be traced to the virus entering the US via infected travelers from countries that do not offer routine measles vaccination, the increasing “anti-vax” movement, whether due to religious, medical, or moral objection, has also led to the creation of measles hot spots throughout the country.  We are currently facing such an outbreak as the CDC has already reported 349 documented cases of measles as of February 2019, almost as many cases as were reported in the entire year of 2016, with new cases continuing to be reported weekly.  These cases have been primarily located in pockets of Washington State, New York City and areas in upstate New York.

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