ANSWER: If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red ...

Dear S.F.: If you were born before 1957, you are likely (but not 100% sure) to be immune to measles (sometimes called red ...

I read a recent column of yours in which you said that everyone who is my age can assume we've had measles. I remember having ...

I remember having measles when I was in the second grade but have a vague memory of my parents calling it German measles, which I believe is rubella. If a person has had either, do they have ...

Measles, also known as ‘mannan' in rural areas, can lead to pneumonia, diarrhoea, encephalitis and even death. Rubella, or German measles, manifests with rashes similar to measles and can ...

have measles and German measles been so prevalent. During 1917 there were 23,500 cases of these diseases reported to the State Board of Health, and during January and February of this year not ...

Spring 1964 is the best of times for a German measles party. The rules call for lots of kissing games in an unventilated room, so that all the little boys and, more especially, all the little ...

The MMR vaccine protects people against measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). Rainger said most people who lived in New Zealand before 1969 were considered immune because of natural exposure.

The measles vaccine is known as the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (the latter is also known as German measles). It is a live vaccine and should not be given to pregnant women or some ...

Two medical researchers working for the U.S. Public Health Service announced last week that they had developed a vaccine against German measles (rubella) that appears, from the first test results ...