Hamilton child isolating at home after catching measles overseas: public health
Officials say travellers at Toronto Pearson International Airport on March 5 may have been exposed after the child travelled back to Ontario. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton 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
A CDC team joins the response to 8 measles cases in a Chicago shelter for migrants
Eight people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Student at Cooper Dual Language Elementary Academy developed measles on Monday, CPS confirms
Chicago Public Schools confirmed in an email late Wednesday afternoon that a student at Cooper Dual Language Elementary Academy developed measles on Monday, following several cases that emerged over the last week. In a statement, CPS said they are working closely with the Chicago Department of…#cps #lowerwestside #cdph #bridgeport #healthycpshotline (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Montreal Public Health says 14 cases of measles have led to thousands of contacts
Montreal Public Health says there have been 14 confirmed cases of measles in the city since the beginning of February, with only two believed to have been acquired abroad, suggesting local transmission. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
A CDC team joins the response to 7 measles cases in a Chicago shelter for migrants
Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Chicago Migrant Shelter Reports Measles Outbreak
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to Chicago to help contain an outbreak of measles that has sickened four.The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported on Monday that two... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Measles infections rise in Chicago area as 45 cases recorded nationwide
The Chicago Department of Public Health says four cases of measles have been detected amongst migrants housed at a shelter in Pilsen, bringing the number of cases in the Chicago area in the past four days up to five. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Public Health Experts Concerned About Rise in Measles Cases
(MedPage Today) -- A recent uptick in measles cases has physicians and public health officials worried about protecting young children from infection, as well as about the role of misinformation in driving the spread.
"Measles is not just some... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
America on verge of measles MAYHEM: Hundreds feared to be infected in California and Arizona outbreaks as US suffers year's worth of cases in two months - as doctors say antivaxxers and Biden's open border policy are allowing virus to spread
Hundreds of people are feared to have been injected in California, Arizona, as measles cases are confirmed in people who visited local hospitals. Officials are warning of a major outbreak. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First Measles Cases in Chicago; Bubonic Plague Death; Tapeworm Larvae in Man's Brain
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The CDC sent a team to Chicago in response to the first detected measles cases in the city since 2019. (ABC News)
Data from the U.K. fall 2023 booster campaign... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Measles Cases Climb to 4 at Chicago Migrant Shelter Outbreak
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 -- As the number of measles cases at a migrant shelter in Chicago climbed to four on Monday, a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has headed to that city to help contain the outbreak.The Chicago... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine 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
Biden's border is leaving America open to drug-resistant outbreaks, experts warn - as second measles case is confirmed in Chicago migrant shelter
A second measles case has been confirmed in a migrant shelter in Chicago, highlighting the public health risk overcrowded migrant housing poses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
