Canada heading toward major measles outbreak without vaccine boost, new modelling suggests
As measles cases keep appearing in more parts of the country, new projections suggest there’s a high chance Canada may experience a “sizable outbreak” — with anywhere from dozens to thousands of people infected if the disease strikes communities with low vaccination rates. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Measles Control So Far in 2024:'Not Off to a Great Start'Measles Control So Far in 2024:'Not Off to a Great Start '
The recent rise in cases across the country is linked to unvaccinated travelers and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates, experts said.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
< em > Notes from the Field < /em > : Measles Outbreak - Cook County, Illinois, October-November 2023
This report describes a measles outbreak occurring in unvaccinated, vaccine-eligible children at an apartment complex in Cook County, Illinois. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 14, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: Measles Measles Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
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The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is 97% effective, so why are we seeing so many outbreaks? CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why the contagious disease is spreading. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Push for young adults to get MMR jab as cases rise
Young people are being urged to have their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine following a rise in measles cases. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge push to get 900,000 young adults in 'Wakefield Generation' vaccinated against MMR amid worst measles outbreak in a decade
Part of the so-called 'Wakefield Generation', many born in the late 1990s and early 2000s missed out on the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine when they were children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More parents are delaying their kids' vaccines, and it's alarming pediatricians
More parents are choosing to delay childhood vaccinations, such as the MMR vaccine. Doctors worry toddlers remain vulnerable as measles spreads. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jenny Gold Source Type: news
West Virginia Lawmakers OK Bill Drawing Back One of the Strictest Child Vaccination Laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country.
The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a trained doctor, who called the bill “an embarrassment” and said he believed lawmakers were harming the state.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LEAH WILLINGHAM / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
Vaccine info line's future uncertain despite rise in measles-related calls, SickKids says
A vaccine information phone line for parents at SickKids hospital has seen an increase in calls in recent weeks, but the project's co-lead says it's currently on hold after federal funding was not renewed. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Africa: Measles Is One of the Deadliest and Most Contagious Infectious Diseases - and One of the Most Easily Preventable
[The Conversation Africa] "You don't count your children until the measles has passed." Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from parents in countries where the measles vaccine was not yet available, because they were so accustomed to losing their children to measles. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
10 measles cases identified in Quebec, 7 in Montreal, public health officials say
Quebec's public health director Dr. Luc Boileau is asking Quebecers to make sure they and their children's vaccinations against measles are up-to-date, as cases of the virus are on the rise in the province, especially in Montreal. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Midwife's Fake Vaccines Deserve More Punishment: Ethicist Midwife's Fake Vaccines Deserve More Punishment: Ethicist
Art Caplan discusses a midwife ' s fraudulent vaccination practices, resulting in measles outbreak fears, and the need for severe punishment.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
B.C. reports first measles case since 2019
A case of measles has been reported in British Columbia — the first since 2019 — as the number of infections rise in some parts of the world, and health officials are urging residents to make sure they're up to date on vaccines. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
US suffers year's worth of measles cases already in first two months of 2024 - as vaccine uptake dips below dangerous threshold
Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) show 41 cases were diagnosed in January and February, equivalent to 20 cases per month. Last year, there were 58 cases in the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA
MONDAY, March 4, 2024 -- As new outbreaks of measles -- a once nearly eliminated illness in the United States -- continue to emerge, experts remind Americans that there ' s an easy way to stop infection: Get vaccinated. " Measles spreads so easily... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news