The topic of vaccination can be a hot-button issue in today's world, especially when outbreaks of measles make headlines.
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In my parents' era, it was easy to see the benefits of vaccines, and the dangers on not having them.
A WARNING has gone out after two cases of measles in people with links to the Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival.
Below are the immunizations required for child care and school attendance: Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, pneumococcal conjugate v
Vaccines available as supplies allow include Pneumococcal (pneumonia), Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough), HPV (human papillomavirus),
“It’s the first mosquito-borne virus known to cause birth defects and the first virus since German measles to cause defects.” He said pregnant wome
Andrew Wakefield is a former doctor (former since being found guilty of professional misconduct) who perpetrated a 1998 hoax that linked the MMR (m
A MEASLES alert has been raised after two confirmed cases were found in people who attended the Workhouse Festival.
The HPSC has been notified by the HSE Department of Public Health in Galway of a newly confirmed measles case imported from another European countr
A PERSON WITH an infectious case of measles travelled to Dublin and then onto Galway earlier this month.
From 1985 to 2000, Brazil saw no domestic cases of measles, although it broke out in 2013 in the northeastern states of Pernambuco and Ceara.
A new measles case, unrelated to an outbreak that occurred between April and July, has been confirmed.
Now, after years of falling vaccination rates and alarming outbreaks of measles, whooping cough and other vaccine-preventable illnesses, the trend
The law, which took effect July 1, was passed in response to a measles outbreak that started in December 2014 at Disneyland and sickened 81 people.
There has been a confirmed case of measles in Galway.
What is already known about this topic?
Thanks to these two grants, UNICEF will focus on reducing the burden of acute malnutrition, strengthen the supply management system, support the de
That greater acceptance may be encouraging because in the last survey experts wondered whether the increased level of acceptance was a temporary re
Brazil completed this month a year without measles cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Brazil free of measles, after no case of the disease was registered in the last year.
Previous research suggested that diseases which used to be common in childhood, such as smallpox, measles, and whooping cough caused long-lasting i
After facing a measles outbreak in 2015 in Ceará, Brazil completed this month a year without cases.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on 26 July 2016 declared Brazil free of measles.
We were sick a lot when we were kids, and without the miracle drugs of today, we’d be sick for a long time — weeks in bed with chickenpox, measles,
3 doses hepatitis B vaccine (Hep B). • 3-4 doses inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). • 1 dose MMR (measles, mumps, rubella).
Police also said the shooter remained at the scene.
Why has adult lifespan increased so much during the last 150 years?
Rubella infections generally cause relatively mild diseases in children, but in adolescents and adults, may affect joints and the brain, health exp
KINSHASA, (CAJ News) – FACED with a volatile political atmosphere ahead of elections looking highly unlikely, the Democratic Republic of Congo is b
Medical professionals suggest that vaccinated children are at low risk to contract infectious diseases, such as measles.
If not, once again, you did not give informed consent.
Public Health Wales is urging people to be ‘rash aware’ after notification of two cases of measles in people with links to the Workhouse Festival h
Children across metro Atlanta who are entering grades K through 6th must be up to date on several vaccinations including D-TaP, measles and hepatit
This School-based Immunization Program of the DOH targets to immunize Grade 1 and Grade 7 public school students in the city for measles and rebull
Number of measles cases in Shelby County now at 6 Number of measles cases in Shelby County now at 6 Health officials say the number of measles case
Children across metro Atlanta who are entering grades K through 6th must be up to date on several vaccinations including D-TaP, measles and hepatit
I agree with a recent writer — one measles death isn't minor for those involved.
Life expectancy has long been the shortest in the Western Hemisphere. Mosquito-borne diseases, measles, meningitis and other scourges are common.
Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in under five children.Others are malnutrition, measles, malaria and pneumonia.
Public Health Wales today urged people to be “rash aware” after two people who attended the Llanfyllin Workhouse festival earlier this month contra
Nigeria has budgeted 12.6 billion naira ($42.5 million, 38.8 million euros) in 2016 for vaccinations and other programmes to combat childhood disea
Two cases of measles have been identified in people who went to a popular Welsh music festival earlier this month, it has been confirmed.
Regional issues can also add to the backlog.
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Four backpackers staying in Perth have been diagnosed with measles, sparking an alert.
Four backpackers visiting Perth have been diagnosed with measles.
Four backpackers visiting Perth have been diagnosed with measles.