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A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The agency says it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any of the counties that previously showed evidence of ongoing transmission. The outbreak has contributed to …

The Texas measles outbreak that sickened 762 people since late January is over, state health officials said Monday. Health officials have not confirmed a new case in the affected counties in more than 42 days, passing the threshold used to declare measles outbreaks over. The last outbreak-related case in Texas was on July 1, according to state data. Two young …

After the death of two children from measles in less than a week, Prof. Eyal Leshem, director of the travel medicine and tropical diseases center at Sheba Medical Center, told The Times of Israel that he was calling upon “every community leader who knows the children in their community are unprotected and are at risk of contracting a deadly disease …

Colorado health officials are warning Mesa County residents of potential measles exposure after an unvaccinated county resident contracted the disease, apparently from within the community.  The new measles patient had not traveled outside the state or reported any other exposures to previously reported measles cases around Colorado, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a news release …

An out-of-state resident recently traveled in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport while infected with the measles virus, health officials said. The person was at the airport’s Terminal C on July 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Terminal A on July 30 between 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., the state Department of Health said in a statement. …

Measles outbreak worsens in North America, 18 dead so far this year, PAHO says  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Vials of the measles mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed in February. (Julio Cortez/AP file) Patient had not received the MMR vaccine Health officials confirmed a new case of measles Monday. A child who has been hospitalized is the state’s 17th case of the virus. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Adams County Health Department confirmed …

IDAHO FALLS – Eastern Idaho Public Health reported a second local case of measles in Bonneville County on Thursday. It was in an unvaccinated child. Just last week, health officials confirmed a case of measles in the region from an international traveler, but Thursday’s case is the first in an Idaho resident in eastern Idaho since 1991. RELATED | Case …

New data from the CDC suggests a grim back-to-school tradition emerging: in 2024, kindergarten vaccination rates declined for the fifth consecutive year. Meanwhile, vaccine exemptions reached a record high. These statistics became all the more disturbing last fall when, shortly after 286,000 children began their educations without proof of full immunity against measles, a man who has bragged about never …

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