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Vaccination, immunity and records: Your questions on measles, answered
From vaccination to immunity, here are your questions about measles answered, as Canada continues to see cases rising in 2025 ...
Child with measles dies at UK hospital as experts warn of the dangers of declining MMR vaccine rates
A CHILD has sadly died after getting measles – as experts warn of declining vaccine rates in the UK. The youngster is ...
Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...
Measles outbreak: Why vaccination matters
Measles is an airborne disease (caused by a morbillivirus of the paramyxovirus family) which spreads easily from one person ...
Emergency vaccines slash deaths by 60%: Study
Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced ...
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IDPH Takes Action to Prevent Measles in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is taking action to prevent the national spread of measles in ...
Child in Liverpool dies from measles as doctors sound alarm over vaccine take-up
A child has died of measles after being treated in intensive care in Liverpool. The child, who was treated at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, has not been identified. They understood to have been ...
Measles vaccination rates are declining in Kentucky. Why is the state falling behind?
Measles immunization rates for Kentucky kindergarteners have fallen from 93% in the 2019-2020 school year to 86.9% in ...
KY measles outbreak: Do those born in the 1950s and 1960s need an updated vaccine?
These days, the typical recommendation is that children receive two doses of the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.
Schumer demands RFK Jr. declare measles emergency, saying he 'walked' US into outbreak
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of gutting ...