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A 13-year-old girl who had not received the seasonal influenza vaccination has died in hospital following an infection, the first paediatric flu-related death in Hong Kong this year. The previously healthy girl developed symptoms including a fever, coughing, a sore throat, and a runny nose from Sunday last week, according to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Her condition worsened …

Health News There have been 10 measles cases reported in Georgia this year. The CDC says there have been 1,514 measles cases reported in the U.S. as of Tuesday, including a large outbreak in west Texas and New Mexico in April that led to the deaths of two unvaccinated children and an unvaccinated adult. (Brandon Bell/TNS 2025) By Rebecca Grapevine …

BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho reported the state’s third measles case in the last two weeks, after not reporting any infections this year during a national surge.  Health officials say they don’t know of a link between the new measles case in Bonner County reported Wednesday and a separate case reported last week in Kootenai County, which are both …

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 …

UPDATE Eastern Idaho Public Health officials confirmed to EastIdahoNews.com that Thursday’s case of measles was located in Bonneville County. EIPH officials said Thursday that anyone who suspects they might have contracted or been exposed to measles and wants to visit their doctor should call first to give the doctor’s office time to prepare to receive the patient to limit the …

A new simulation study shows that higher influenza vaccination rates protect both vaccinated and unvaccinated people from infection – though those who get the jab get the most protection. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh ran computer simulations modeling 1.2 million people in a US county. The simulations were set up to measure the day-to-day spread of flu through households, …