Access to more localized data on childhood vaccination coverage, such as at the school or neighborhood levels, could help better predict and prevent measles outbreaks […]
DR Congo measles outbreak kills 6,000 in a year: WHO
An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith Measles has killed more than 6,000 people in the Democratic Republic […]
Infants may not be as immune to measles as thought
A surprising new study upends the notion that antibodies passed from mother to fetus protect infants from measles for as much as a year. In […]
Tonga closes schools as measles epidemic spreads
An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith All government primary schools and kindergartens in Tonga have been shut […]
Measles attack the immune system and weaken it in the long term
Measles are often seen as a harmless disease, the should have made the kids “by”. How wrong – and dangerous – this assumption is, show […]
Samoa closes pre-schools over measles epidemic
Pre-schools in Samoa were closed Thursday as the tiny Pacific nation seeks to contain a measles epidemic believed to have claimed at least three lives, […]
The return of measles is worrying: WHO published alarming Figures
The number of measles cases in Europe has increased in this year. The world health organization (WHO) counted in the first six months of the […]
Measles outbreak in Dutch ‘Bible Belt’ village
Dutch health authorities said Tuesday they are dealing with a measles outbreak in a devout Protestant fishing village where vaccination rates are among the lowest […]
Facing measles outbreaks, New York bans religious vaccination exemptions
Confronted with both serious measles outbreaks and a growing anti-vaccine movement, New York lawmakers voted Thursday to ban religious exemptions that would allow parents to […]
Measles vaccination: ‘All for one and one for all’
Measles was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, but has reappeared in recent months in the form of outbreaks in several states. Of […]
Experts ID 25 US Counties Most at Risk of Measles Outbreaks
Nearly two decades after measles was successfully eliminated from the United States, public health researchers have pinpointed the 25 counties in the country that are […]
High fines and daycare exclusion: measles vaccination should be enforced
Federal health Minister Spahn wants to introduce measles vaccination On the question of vaccination – Yes or no measles? is in a fight for years, […]
North Macedonia declares measles epidemic
North Macedonia’s health authorities have declared a nationwide measles epidemic in the small Balkan country after more than 960 cases were registered since the beginning […]
NYC health officials warn against 'measles parties' amid biggest outbreak in decades
NYC ordering people to get vaccinated amid measles outbreak A public health emergency was declared in New York City on Tuesday due to a measles […]