Measles

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Mumps cases rising in parts of Europe: experts

Reuters US Online Report Science News 250 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Mumps has made a resurgence in parts of Europe in the past year with outbreaks in Britain, the Balkans and Moldova, health experts said Wednesday. In England and Wales, cases of the disease had doubled to nearly 1,700 in ...

A Limited Measles Outbreak in U.S.-Born Children Living in a Military Community in Germany after Vaccine Refusal and Other Vaccination Delays

Military Medicine 288 days ago

INTRODUCTION Measles is a highly infectious, acute viral illness, characterized by fever, rash, cough, conjunctivitis, and coryza, and can lead to pneumonia and death. With the advent of the vaccine era, the incidence of measles in the United States decreased from ~500,000 ...

Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism

AP News 288 days ago

Yet another study aims to debunk lingering fear of link between measles vaccine and autism New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children ...

Measles Outbreaks Highlight Importance of Immunization

consumeraffairs.com 288 days ago

131 children affected by outbreak so far in 2008 National immunization rates have remained at record high levels, rising in the past year to 77.4 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Immunization Survey. Despite this high coverage, ...

Study finds no link between autism, MMR vaccine

AFP Global Edition 288 days ago

A new study carried out in the United States found no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental ...

Vaccine scare threatens health in Ukraine

AP News 290 days ago

Ukrainian parents shun vaccines, raising risk of disease outbreaks beyond country's borders A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international ...

Jump in measles cases

AFP European Edition 291 days ago

Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking criticism of parents who did not vaccinate their children. Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 last ...

Parents criticised after jump in measles cases

AFP European Edition 291 days ago

Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking harsh criticism of parents who fail to vaccinate their children. Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 ...

Measles eradication target under doubt

AFP European Edition 292 days ago

Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, including Britain frustrating the global drive to eradicate the disease by 2010, a medical journal reported on Wednesday. A study conducted by The Lancet said that in 2006-7 most of the 12,000 ...

Measles eradication drive under doubt

AFP European Edition 292 days ago

Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, including Britain frustrating the global drive to eradicate the disease by 2010, a medical journal reported on Wednesday A study conducted by The Lancet said that in 2006-7 most of the 12,000 ...

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