Nigeria: Kano Records Measles Outbreak
[Daily Trust] Authorities at the Kano Municipal Local Government Council of Kano State have confirmed an outbreak of measles in some parts of the local government area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Everything you need to know about protecting yourself against measles
As measles cases rise around the world — and appear in countries like Canada with ready access to life-saving vaccines — public health experts are urging parents to vaccinate their children and adults to get their shots, too. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/The Dose Source Type: news
Measles cases in Quebec underscore importance of vaccination, doctor says
Dr. Earl Rubin, director of pediatric infectious diseases at the Montreal Children's Hospital, says he is 'very concerned' that four of the seven measles cases in Quebec were not acquired overseas and are not linked epidemiologically. Rubin says infants, people who are immunocompromised, and adults who are not vaccinated are most susceptible to the disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science
The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop itShortly before Joseph Ladapo was sworn in as Florida ’s surgeon general in 2022, the New Yorker ran a short column welcoming the vaccine-skeptic doctor to his new role, and highlighting his advocacy for theuse of leeches in public health.It was satire of course, a teasing of the Harvard-educated physician for his unorthodox medical views, which include a steadfast belief that life-saving Covid shots are thework of the devil, and that opening a window is the preferred treatment for the inha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Richard Luscombe in Miami Tags: Florida Infectious diseases Science US news Ron DeSantis Republicans Source Type: news
Measles may be spreading in some Canadian communities, officials warn
There are early signals that measles — one of the world’s most contagious viruses — may be quietly spreading within parts of Canada as health officials brace for more imported infections during the March Break travel season. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Public health reports cases of measles in Laval and Montreal, urges people to get vaccinated
An infected person in Laval was unvaccinated, did not travel and was not in contact with a known case of measles, public health officials say in a Thursday news release, adding that community transmission is therefore possible. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
York Region Public Health investigating adult case of measles with 'unknown' infection source
York Regional Public Health says it has confirmed a fourth case of measles in Ontario, this time in a man in his 30s who has not travelled recently or been in contact with anyone ill. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Measles campaign shows children pleading for jabs
Health officials want to remind busy parents in England of the serious risks if vaccinations are missed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge push to get kids vaccinated against illnesses like measles, polio and diphtheria as uptake rates plunge to decade low in wake of Covid
Fronted by children, the advert aims to appeal directly to parents and boost the numbers getting their children vaccinated with experts concerned about the risk illness falling jab uptake. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Measles Cases Are Rising Right Now
Last year, cases of measles—a serious, vaccine-preventable disease that’s highly contagious—jumped by 79% around the world. Most of them were in children. That trend is continuing this year, threatening to reverse an impressive 73% drop in measles deaths worldwide from 2000 to 2018.
Cases in the U.S. are climbing, too. In just the first two months of 2024, 35 cases have already been reported in 15 states including California, Minnesota, Florida, New York, and Louisiana; in 2023, 58 cases were reported over the entire year.
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Why are measles cases taking ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Opposition to vaccination among parents grows, poll suggests
A growing number of Canadian parents are opposed to vaccinating their children, according to a new poll, amid a resurgence in potentially deadly diseases such as measles. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
What Is Measles, and How Can I Shield Myself & My Family?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 -- Once thought to be a bygone disease, measles is making a comeback in the United States and globally as folks shun a safe, surefire way to prevent it: The measles vaccine.
But what is measles, and how easily does it... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
'Clusters' of measles are appearing in three regions of the UK - check cases in your area
The West Midlands remains the epicentre for the current measles outbreak in the UK, but "clusters" are now appearing in two other regions. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Florida Has A Measles Outbreak. Here's What That Actually Means For You.
Experts predict what dropping vaccination rates may do and why these cases aren't something to dismiss. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From COVID-19 to Measles, Florida ’ s War on Public Health
The culture of public health and medicine rests on open discussions in which different points of view are considered for the betterment of patient care and health. This process depends on psychological safety so individuals feel free and safe to speak and openly disagree. These factors collectively create a just culture, which improves systems and organizations and is being widely implemented in healthcare nationwide.
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However, in the face of politicized anti-science and anti-expert sentiment and attacks, we need to ask if just culture is being restricted in public health. Fo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
