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The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and ...
In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...
Abstract Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts ...
However, rubella vaccine coverage rates were 40% or less during the decades of the 1970s and it was not until after 1986, when the triple MMR vaccine was introduced, that coverage rates reached 80%.
The federal government has pledged robust communication and advocacy support for the upcoming nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign scheduled for October 2025. This assurance was ...
Dr. Mabogunje assured the Minister of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness, noting that the Measles-Rubella vaccine has been used worldwide for over 50 years and is credited with saving more ...
The Federal Government has pledged robust communication and advocacy support for the upcoming nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign scheduled for October 2025.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported that there are 2,118 cases of measles-rubella (MR) in the country as of May 10, 2025, which is eight percent higher ...
The wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has called on mothers across the state to always go for routine vaccination of children to ...
This year, no measles or rubella cases have been reported so far. While 526 measles cases and 51 rubella cases were reported across the State last year, till April 30 this year, Kerala has ...
At the time that I write this, there is no rubella outbreak in the U.S., but if there is, the advice will be similar to demonstrate immunity to rubella as it is for measles.
Two doses of the measles-rubella vaccine, administered at 9-12 and 16-24 months, can protect children's health and save lives. In Kerala, 92% of children received the first dose and 87% received ...