Measles infected 10 million, claimed over 142,000 lives last year
Large pockets of unvaccinate children have caused a backsliding in immunization against measles -- a vaccine-preventable disease.
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Measles cases spike globally with a 26% increase from last year
The potentially deadly illness, which can be easily prevented with vaccinations, continues to spike globally.
For the Nth time – measles is bad. Here’s why…
With the global trend of vaccine hesitancy, skeptical parents are refusing to get their children vaccinated due to false concerns ...
UK, Greece, Czech Republic, Albania — no longer measles-free
The resurgence of a preventable disease.
Measles cases have tripled in a year, World Health Organization warns
Having a preventable disease take such a large toll is unacceptable.
Sri Lanka has eliminated measles
Sri Lanka is the fourth country in the WHO South-East Asia Region, after Bhutan, Maldives, and Timor-Leste, to eliminate measles ...
After a 300% surge in global cases, WHO and UNICEF directors say we’re facing a ‘measles crisis’
The moral of the story, kids, is get vaccinated.
New York county declares state of emergency over measles and bans unvaccinated kids from public areas
Unvaccinated children will be banned from entering public spaces for the next 30 days. And, honestly, I see no problem ...
Unvaccinated French child brings measles back to Costa Rica
Antivaxx trends and complacency are bringing back a disease from the brink of eradication.
Worldwide measles cases jump by 31% fueled by Venezuelan outbreak
In other places, such as Europe, measles is resurfacing because parents are refusing to vaccinate their children.
Anti-vaxx fears fuel measles outbreak in Europe — with 37 fatalities already
We're all in this together -- we can't let the diseases win.
In Romania, distrust of vaccines claims children’s lives
Romania has a lesson for the entire world.
The United States slides towards measles epidemics (again) because people don’t vaccinate
Non-medical exemptions and widespread misinformation are to blame.
State of Maine confirms its first measles case in 20 years
It's the first case in the state since 1997.
Read Roald Dahl’s powerful letter to parents about vaccination from 1988
People love Roald Dahl's creations (such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda) for their creativity and sense of ...
First person to die of the measles in a dozens years – why did it happen?
In 2000, the CDC declared measles as eradicated in the US, meaning there was no more endemic transmission. That doesn't ...
Anti-vaxxer bet $100,000 that scientists couldn’t prove measles exists. German court now orders man to pay up
Four years ago, a vocal anti vaccine activist and a biologist by training challenged not only established medical science, but ...