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
Africa: Vaccine Hesitancy 'Widens Immunity Gaps, Increases Risk of Outbreaks'
[allAfrica] In 1999, Grade 5 brought for me a revelation like no other - vaccines! The idea that weak disease-causing organisms could transform our bodies into warriors against killer diseases was nothing short of miraculous. From the top of my head I remember that some of the killer diseases were polio, diptheria, measles, whooping cough, tetanus and tuberculosis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Science and Biotechnology Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Preventing measles outbreaks in the US through vaccination
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists India as the top country for measles outbreaks, with more than 57,500 reported cases. In the U.S., there have been 19 cases of the highly infectious virus this year. "Measles is a viral infection that is highly contagious if you're not immune to it," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "It ’s generally characterized by fever, cough, runny nose and a pretty characteristic rash that… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Nigeria: Measles Outbreak in Benue IDPs Camp Escalates
[Vanguard] ...10 cases recorded, other unconfirmed cases being investigated (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security Health and Medicine Nigeria Refugees and Displacement West Africa Source Type: news
America's antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds
One-quarter of American adults said they believe the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism - a widely studied and discredited claim that emerged in the 1990s. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Children At Deadly Risk of Measles and Malnutrition After Fleeing Conflict in Sudan
[MSF] Juba -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition cases in our facilities in South Sudan, particularly amongst returnees fleeing conflict in Sudan and host communities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Children and Youth Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
News at a glance: A win for obesity drugs, NIH unionization roadblocks, and Mexican fireflies under threat
CONSERVATION
Researchers raise alarm over threat to Mexican fireflies
Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week delivered a letter to the Mexican government requesting it regulate tourism centered on the threatened firefly species
Photinus palaciosi
. Endemic to Mexico’s Tlaxcala forests,
P. palaciosi
is one of the few species that glow in synchrony, offering an annual spectacle that attracts thousands of visitors during summer mating season. The letter describes how littering, artificial light, and noise interfere with the insects’ ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 10, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Nigeria: Enhancing Immunisation Through the Northern Nigeria States Routine Immunisation Strengthening Project
[Nigeria Health Watch] Few global health and development interventions have yielded as profound an impact as vaccines. For over two centuries, these remarkable interventions have stood as a defence against vaccine preventable diseases such as polio, measles, and smallpox, enabling children to embrace a healthier, happier future filled with limitless possibilities. However, despite the long-established advantages, low rates of immunisation persist. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
CDC Report Describes Measles Outbreak In Ohio
A report published by the CDC describes an outbreak of measles that occurred in Ohio. Cases were almost if not entirely in unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dave Wessner, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
