Category: Measles
Measles isn’t just dangerous – it may erase your immune system
The Conversation Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhoea and even death – measles virus infections, especially in children, can have devastating consequences. Fortunately, we have a safe and effective defence. Measles vaccines are estimated to have averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000 and 2023. Yet despite this success, measles cases are rising sharply in the UK and around the […]
Jul 16, 2025
Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us
The Guardian Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationality. It’s easy to say in hindsight, but also true, that even when the anti-vax movement was in its infancy in the late 90s before I had kids, let alone knew what you […]
Jul 16, 2025
Measles, rubella and polio: The return of preventable diseases
The Hill With outbreaks of previously eradicated measles leading the news for months, more epidemics may be in store for the U.S. As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious diseases to spread rampantly in the coming years and decades. Research published in the medical journal JAMA suggests a continued decline could lead to […]
Jul 16, 2025
Alberta’s measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S.
CBC Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year. The province has been battling outbreaks since March and as of noon Monday, total case counts in the province had ballooned to 1,314. The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that country has amassed […]
Jul 16, 2025
Measles Cases Have Hit a Record High. What Went Wrong?
NYT Video There have now been more measles cases in 2025 than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts fear that with no clear end to the current outbreak, the U.S. may […]
Jul 9, 2025
Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000
NBC News An outbreak in West Texas that spread to several other states drove the case counts up substantially. Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally […]
Jul 8, 2025
Measles tracker: Follow cases, outbreaks and vaccination rates across the U.S
NBC News More than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this year. NBC News is updating case totals every week. Measles is among the most contagious diseases in the world, and case counts in the United States are ticking up. NBC News is tracking confirmed measles cases across the country with data […]
Jul 2, 2025
Wyoming confirms 1st case of measles in 15 years as infections near 30-year high in US
ABC News Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States. The state’s Department of Health said on Tuesday that it had confirmed a case in an unvaccinated child in Natrona County, which is located in the central part of the state and includes the […]
Jul 2, 2025
What to Know About Measles When Traveling
NYT Summer travel raises fears that the highly infectious virus will spread. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family. Measles, most unfortunately, is back in the news and in the air. In the United States, more than a thousand cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025, the […]
Jul 1, 2025
A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.
KFF In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine’s two doses. So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of […]
Jul 1, 2025