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Measles is a renewed Global Threat after 22 million Babies missed their Vaccines during the Pandemic

Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known and still kills more than 60,000 people a year, mostly young children. But it killed more than a million a year as recently as 2000. Now, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the global threat of measles has become worse after 22 million babies missed their vaccinations, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned. Vaccination campaigns turned that around, […]

todayNovember 16, 2021

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New York Allows Early Vaccination for Infants to Combat Measles Outbreaks

As the number of measles cases in the United States has surged, some officials are encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated sooner rather than later. Normally, kids would get their first measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine when they’re about a year old, but given the rise in cases, babies in areas with ongoing measles outbreaks may be able to get theirs earlier in an effort to keep some of […]

todayJune 5, 2019

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