DHS Confirms Case of Measles in Dane County
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has confirmed a case of measles in an individual living in Dane County, with travel and employment in Rock County. DHS, in coordination with Public Health Madison& Dane County and Rock County Public Health, are working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to the measles virus. Additional information will be shared as the investigation continues. Cases of measles have been rare in Wisconsin due to high vaccination rates, but...(see release)lucy.pepinApril 26, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 26, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
Africa: Government of Lao Pdr and Partners Announce Campaign to Tackle Measles and Rubella
[GAVI] Vientiane Capital -- In a major effort to protect children's health, the Lao PDR Ministry of Health announced a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign today. This critical initiative coincides with World Immunization Week 2024, highlighting the importance of vaccines in safeguarding children's lives.The campaign, which rolls out across Lao PDR from 20-31 May and supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Government of Australia, UNICEF and WHO, aims to prevent the spread of the two childhood diseases, measles (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
Eritrea: An Important Milestone in Health - Related Efforts and Progress
[Shabait] Editor's note: this is the first article in a two-part series related to Eritrea's national measles and rubella vaccination campaign. The following article unpacks the nation's commitment to youth and highlights how vaccination programs contribute to the country's child mortality reductions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Eritrea Health and Medicine Source Type: news
DHS Honors Wisconsin Health Care Providers with the Wisconsin BigShot Awards
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded its annual Wisconsin BigShot awards to 208 Wisconsin health care providers for their efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. The BigShot award recognizes and celebrates providers who are leading the way in protecting children ’s health by ensuring their pediatric patients are up to date on their routine childhood vaccinations, based on 2023 immunization data...(see release)Claire.YunkerApril 23, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 23, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Claire.Yunker Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius Achieved 90 Percent Measles Vaccination Coverage, States Health Minister
[Government of Mauritius] "Mauritius has always targeted, and successfully achieved, measles vaccination coverage rates of more than 90% for both measles and rubella, thereby maintaining herd immunity," stated the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Mauritius Source Type: news
March sees highest number of measles cases yet as outbreak continues to spread
March saw the highest number of measles cases yet this year as the outbreak continues to spread around the country. The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency showed there were 299 laboratory confirmed cases of measles in March. This is higher than the 274 cases seen in January when officials declared a national incident... Read moreThe post March sees highest number of measles cases yet as outbreak continues to spread appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 23, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Joanna Robertson Tags: Clinical Vaccinations Vaccinations and infections Source Type: news
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge: Europe Sounds the Alarm Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge: Europe Sounds the Alarm
ECDC data show that measles and pertussis cases are on the rise again after a post –COVID-19 pandemic decline.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Measles - United States, January 1, 2020-March 28, 2024
This report describes measles cases in the United States during 2020-2024 (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 11, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: Measles Measles Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus —and help patients in need
One Monday morning last September, Shelley Hayden pulled into a parking spot in an underground garage at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She switched off the ignition, pushed the red record button on her cellphone, and gazed into the camera. “The time has come,” said Hayden, long dark-blond hair framing her blue eyes. “Here we are, I’m actually getting to do something.”
More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado. Since then she’s been plagued by the disease’s cruel sequel, Long Covid, whose symptoms include ov...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 11, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Measles cases in London now in line with West Midlands
A rise in measles cases in London has brought the capital in line with the number of cases recorded in the West Midlands – the initial hotspot for the virus. This comes as the rise in cases appears to be plateauing across the country and as a national catch-up campaign has increased vaccination uptake over... Read moreThe post Measles cases in London now in line with West Midlands appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 9, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Clinical Latest news Vaccinations and infections Source Type: news
Implications of Measles Inclusion by Commercial Syndromic Polymerase Chain Reaction Panels - United States, May 2022-April 2023
This report describes incidental detection of the measles vaccine strain when using syndromic polymerase chain reaction panels on patients who recently received a measles vaccine. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 28, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: Measles Measles Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
The Challenge and Necessity of a Shared Reality
All animals, including humans, have limitations in how they find out about the world. And we humans invent instrumentation to correct for weaknesses in our perceptions of the world. The most basic weakness we have is that our perceptions don’t tell us everything about what’s going on with the world. So we need corrective devices. Some of us need spectacles. To see very distant things, like distant galaxies or planets, we use telescopes; to see very small things, like cells, we use microscopes. It’s hard for many of us to hear the difference between a single tone and a chord, so sound analyzers let us...
Source: TIME: Science - March 28, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell, and Robert MacCoun Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
South Sudan: Urgent Vaccination Campaign Needed to Halt Deadly Measles Outbreak
[MSF] A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among children under five and 460 cases have been recorded as of 24 March in three health facilities in Yambio and Nzara counties; 90 per cent of these children had never been vaccinated against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news
Practices to ask patients about any fever or rash to stop measles
GP receptionists and triage teams must ask patients, parents and carers about any fever or rash in a bid to stop the spread of measles, new guidance from NHS England says. All staff must also know that non-immunised individuals with these symptoms should be isolated on arrival in the building under the advice which notes... Read moreThe post Practices to ask patients about any fever or rash to stop measles appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 25, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Latest news Paediatrics Vaccinations and infections measles Source Type: news
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
The country faces an alarmingly high malnutrition rate, with nearly 2.4 million children aged under 5 years suffering from stunting.
25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children.
“It’s almost as if ongoing conflicts have become an accepted part of the everyday realities of life in the region. It’s important to step back and remember that hungry children, disease outbreaks, hospitals shutting down … these are not to be norm...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 25, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
