Two separate topics concerning vaccination to prevent infectious diseases are in the news. An epidemic of rubella, also known as German measles, has broken out in Japan, with the number of cases exceeding 10,000 and...
U.K. public health officials are racing to contain a rash of measles outbreaks among older British children that threatens to spread the highly contagious disease throughout the country. The budding epidemic has been...
Outbreaks of measles are putting Europe’s commitment to eliminate the disease by 2015 under threat, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Levels of vaccination have been too low in some countries...
Two million children risk catching measles as a result of the MMR scare, doctors warned yesterday. They said the outbreak in Wales could spread to London, where nearly half of the capital’s children are not vaccinated...
Claims the outbreak of measles in south Wales was down to Department of Health policy in the 1990s is “completely incorrect”, the government has said. Vaccination rates fell after Dr Andrew Wakefield’s...
About five million children between nine months and 14 years will benefit from the Measles and Rubella Vaccine, as Rwanda becomes the first country in Africa to roll out the vaccine nationwide. The MR vaccine protects...
Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer micro-needle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research done by the...
A second study from Quebec is calling into question the timing at which young children are vaccinated against measles. The new research shows that teenagers who received the recommended two doses of measles vaccine but...
Bangladesh is going to introduce measles-rubella (MR) vaccine this month in its routine immunisation programme to prevent rubella infections that doctors say can cause ‘severe’ birth defects. The shot will...
To control and prevent measles outbreaks in developing countries, the GAVI Alliance will provide up to an additional US$ 162 million. This funding will help countries to bridge critical gaps in their efforts to build...