Authorities said Monday that a measles epidemic sweeping through Samoa continues to worsen with the death toll rising to 25, all but one of them young children.
Nov 25, 2019
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A surprising new study upends the notion that antibodies passed from mother to fetus protect infants from measles for as much as a year.
Nov 21, 2019
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The death toll from a measles outbreak raging in the Pacific nation of Samoa has risen to 15, with most of the victims young children, UNICEF said Tuesday.
Nov 19, 2019
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Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people.
Nov 18, 2019
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Germany's parliament has passed a law requiring that children who attend school or daycare must be vaccinated for measles.
Nov 14, 2019
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All government primary schools and kindergartens in Tonga have been shut in an effort to limit the spread of measles sweeping through the South Pacific, the government announced Thursday.
Nov 14, 2019
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Over the last decade, evidence has mounted that the measles vaccine protects in not one but two ways: Not only does it prevent the well-known acute illness with spots and fever that frequently sends children to the hospital, ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Scientists have shown how measles causes long-term damage to the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to other infections. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Amsterdam and their collaborators ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Pre-schools in Samoa were closed Thursday as the tiny Pacific nation seeks to contain a measles epidemic believed to have claimed at least three lives, officials said.
Oct 31, 2019
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Los Angeles County health officials say a visitor to Disneyland this month may have exposed others to measles.
Oct 23, 2019
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