Parents in England urged to ensure children get MMR jab amid uptake drop
MMR vaccination levels at lowest since 2010-11, figures show, with uptake of other key jabs also too lowParents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) after a “worrying” drop in uptake of key vaccines.Figures from NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show 92.5% of children had had the first dose of theMMR jab at five years old by 2022-23, the lowest since 2010-11.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: PA Media Tags: Children's health MMR Vaccines and immunisation Society NHS England Infectious diseases UK news Source Type: news
More than 40% of kids haven't had both MMR jabs in parts of England as uptake rates plunge to decade-low in wake of pandemic amid rise of anti-vaxx myths - so use our interactive map to see how YOUR area fares
Just 56.3 per cent of youngsters in that age group in Hackney, London, were fully-protected against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in the year to March 2023. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue Fever, Cholera, and Measles On the Rise in Sudan
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / El Gezira / Khartoum / Omdurman -- The federal Ministry of Health, working from Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, has registered hundreds of suspected cases of dengue fever and watery diarrhoea in El Gedaref and El Gezira. Cholera and measles have been reported elsewhere in Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
As low uptake of jabs leads to measles outbreak... I'm proof you're never too old to need the MMR
Measles is one of the world's most contagious diseases. By July, Public Health England had announced an outbreak in London, where I caught it. If I'd been aware of it, I would have got the jab. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An Idaho man has measles. Health officials are trying to see if the contagious disease has spread.
An Idaho man has contracted measles, and health officials are working to contact anyone who may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sudan: UN Agencies Warn of Malnutrition and Measles 'Catastrophe' in Sudan
[Dabanga] Geneva / Washington DC -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are sounding the alarm on the deteriorating health situation in Sudan which already claimed thousands of lives. The latest FEWS-NET report warns that the agricultural yield in Sudan this year will be significantly reduced. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Children Dying Amid Healthcare System Collapse - UN Humanitarians
[UN News] In war-torn Sudan, more than 1,200 children under five have died in camps in the space of four months from a combination of measles and malnutrition, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
Africa: UNHCR, WHO Raise Alarm as 1,200 Children Die of Suspected Measles, Malnutrition
[WHO] UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again sounding the alarm on the worsening health situation caused by the Sudan crisis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
This pediatrician has a stark warning about the risks of 'anti-science'
A pediatrician, author and co-inventor of a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine warns that the anti-vaccine movement has morphed into a political force that threatens the world's gains against deadly childhood infections like measles. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Three Victorian diseases on the rise in the UK - symptoms for you to spot
Scarlet fever, measles and mumps are still a threat today in the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: Areas of England most vulnerable to measles outbreaks as unjabbed children at risk of three-week isolation due to outbreak of infection
In Hackney, London, 41 per cent of children aren't fully-jabbed - the highest proportion in the country - and could face being told to limit their contacts for weeks if there is a measles case at their school. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why do children risk being told to self-isolate for measles? Why is the infection spreading? Everything you need to know about the outbreak
Could your child face a 21-day isolation period because of a measles case in their classroom? How is it decided and who could be at risk. Here MailOnline explains what you need to know. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Children face THREE WEEK self-isolation if they've not had measles jab amid a rapid rise in the disease
Parents in London and surrounding counties were told that if a pupil is infected, classmates who have not had both doses of MMR could be sent home, reports say. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Progress Toward Measles Elimination - African Region, 2017-2021
This report describes progress towards measles elimination in the World Health Organization African Region. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - September 7, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
The Anti-Vax Movement Isn ’t Going Away. We Must Adapt to It
America’s immunization policies are facing a bleak future. Political polarization about vaccine policies is likely to cause outbreaks of previously controlled infectious diseases. If we cannot prevent these disasters, we should pivot our focus towards managing them.
Resistance to vaccination is not a new problem, but the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it. It should be clear by now that neither persuasion nor coercion is sufficient to change the minds or the behavior of people who are determined to refuse vaccines. Education and research cannot defeat coordinated misinformation. And government efforts—at feder...
Source: TIME: Health - September 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Christopher Navin and Katie Attwell Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
