Browsing: measles

November 3, 20254 min readThe U.S. Might Lose Its Measles-Free Status SoonA meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in…

Governments across Latin America are stepping up efforts to vaccinate their populations against measles, as outbreaks in North America drive a 34-fold increase in the number…

The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is undergoing more scrutiny by the Trump administration in their ongoing reassessment of vaccines despite the worst measles outbreak…

A powerful vaccines committee for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Thursday to change US vaccine policy and start recommending that…

September 12, 20253 min readChild’s Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after an InfectionA child in Los Angeles County has died from…

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), defended his response to the largest measles outbreak in the…

The measles outbreak in Texas has officially ended, but as cases continue to be detected in other parts of the US state health experts are warning…

On Monday Texas health officials said the state’s massive measles outbreak, which killed two unvaccinated children, had come to an end.It’s the close of the largest…

A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health…

New data from the CDC suggests a grim back-to-school tradition emerging: in 2024, kindergarten vaccination rates declined for the fifth consecutive year. Meanwhile, vaccine exemptions reached…