Gaps in measles vaccination rates place one in eight children at risk for becoming sick from the highly contagious illness, according to an analysis of national vaccination coverage being presented at IDWeek 2015. Measles ...
Oct 8, 2015
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A new microneedle patch being developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles and other vaccine-preventable ...
Apr 28, 2015
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The people of Monrovia's Peace Island ghetto, refugees of civil war who found themselves suddenly overwhelmed and outmanoeuvred by the deadly Ebola epidemic, are used to life under siege.
Mar 23, 2015
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A German biologist who promised to pay 100,000 euros to anyone who could prove that the measles was indeed a virus was ordered by a court on Thursday to hand over the money.
Mar 12, 2015
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A modified, conventional measles vaccine has the potential to act against the Chikungunya virus. This is the result of a study at the University Clinic for Clinical Pharmacology of the MedUni Wien (Medical University of Vienna), ...
Mar 2, 2015
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An outbreak of measles with at least one case linked to a flare-up of the virus in the neighboring United States has struck Canada, public health officials said Wednesday.
Feb 11, 2015
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Health officials say two more infants from a suburban Chicago day care have measles, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Illinois to 10.
Feb 10, 2015
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Measles is nothing to "sneeze at"—it can be deadly.
Feb 5, 2015
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When it comes to the measles outbreak that originated at California's Disneyland, it truly is a small world after all.
Feb 5, 2015
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California health officials say the number of people in the state infected with measles is now up to 59.
Jan 21, 2015
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