The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa, has described measles-rubella as a preventable tragedy that Nigerians must collectively work to eliminate.

Nineteen measles vaccination campaigns, aimed at inoculating more than 70 million children, have been postponed during the pandemic so far, the agencies said. Overall, ...

Senators urge HHS to launch national measles vaccination campaign amid outbreak. by Sana Aljobory. Wed, March 12th 2025 at 1:19 PM. Updated Wed, March 12th 2025 at 2:12 PM. 4. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

The Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign is being led by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the World Health Organisation(WHO) and UNICEF. It targets children aged 9 months to 5 years across ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...

Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent since 2000, ...

Confirmed cases of measles in Canada are nearly three times higher than in the US, despite Canada's far smaller population.

If COVID vaccine misinformation and opposition ramp up vaccine mistrust in general, as health experts fear, measles vaccination rates in the U.S. could dip below 90% — the approximate childhood ...

More than 117 million children in 37 countries may miss out on receiving measles vaccines as COVID-19 spreads, with measles immunization campaigns delayed in 24 countries, according to the Measles ...

Thanks to widespread uptake of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, cases of this highly contagious virus no longer originated here. But in 2025, that victory is hanging by a thread.

Duale noted that drug-resistant typhoid strains are on the rise, making the disease more difficult and costly to treat.

In 2000, measles was declared eliminated from the United States following a successful, national vaccination program — transmission of the disease had ceased within America, but even now ...