Measles

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Chandrakant Lahariya | Amid surge in measles cases, it’s time to step up jabs for all

A measles vaccine has been available since 1963 and used in India’s universal immunisation programme since 1985

09 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

117 million children face measels risk from corona response: WHO

Over two dozen countries have officially suspended measles vaccine programmes

14 Apr 2020 5:55 PM

It sort of resets your immune system back to sort of a more naive state. (Photo: AFP)

Measles virus much more deleterious than expected

Getting measles 'resets' the body's immune system.

01 Nov 2019 10:50 AM

So far in 2019 a total of 16 measles cases have been reported among Los Angeles County residents, and 11 infected people are known to have travelled through the county. (Photo: Pixabay | Representational)

Measles-stricken girl visits Disneyland amid worst outbreak in US in 25 years

The Orange County Health Care Agency said that the girl was in Southern California from August 11 to August 15.

25 Aug 2019 4:14 PM

Measles is a highly contagious disease that can kill and cause blindness, deafness or brain damage. (Photo:AP)

Europe hit with measles dilemma; close to 34,000 affected

More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast cases in Ukraine, warned WHO.

07 May 2019 4:01 PM

The civic body has begun a survey in 500 households in the areas, where fresh cases of measles have been reported.

BMC forms panel to probe measles

Nearly 40 cases of measles have been reported from eight wards in Mumbai since January, which is a major concern for civic health authorities.

26 Apr 2019 2:53 AM

The measles infections worldwide nearly quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Measles making a comeback due to millions unvaccinated

UNICEF asserts on the need to get vaccinated for averting the spread of this dangerous but preventable disease.

25 Apr 2019 2:19 PM

Measles vaccine protects boys, not girls, against other diseases

The study further showed deaths from any cause were lower when a child’s most recent jab was for measles.

13 Feb 2018 11:25 AM

Researchers examined Google searches and geocoded tweets with the help of artificial intelligence and a mathematical model. (Photo: Pixabay)

Social media trends can predict vaccine scares

Mathematical theories used to predict tipping points in public health.

12 Dec 2017 3:05 PM

Reporting an 84 percent drop in 16 years, to 90,000 deaths in 2016 from more than 550,000 in 2000, the Measles and Rubella Initiative (M&RI) said more children getting vaccinations was the main reason for the decline. (Photo: AP)

WHO says that annual measles death rates have dropped

The report, however, warns that the world is still far from eliminating measles.

27 Oct 2017 8:31 AM

India hailed for cutting child mortality rate by 1 million

Researchers not the government of India has modestly increased its traditionally low level of public spending on health.

21 Sep 2017 3:12 PM

Mass measles vaccination campaigns and a global increase in routine measles vaccination coverage saved an estimated 20.3 million young lives between 2000 and 2015. (Photo: AP)

Mortality reduction rate from measles falls by 51 per cent in India: report

Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.

14 Nov 2016 11:34 AM

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing child deaths by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. (Photo: Pixabay)

Infant death rate due to pneumonia declines

Estimates for 2015 suggest that 5.9 million children worldwide died before reaching the age of five, including 2.7 million newborns.

12 Nov 2016 11:16 AM

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