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 ...

THE isolation of rubella virus1 , 2 in 1961 opened a period of remarkable progress in studies of the virus,3 the disease4 and, recently, experimental vaccines for preventing the disease.5 , 6 Compa ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Measles — one of the world’s most contagious diseases — was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, due to widespread use of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. The new cases dovetail ...

However, rubella vaccination should also target populations in the reproductive age, assuring protective levels of immunity owing to the high transmissibility of the virus.

In my professional life, rubella matters, too. As an autism researcher, I’ve watched with concern as unfounded fears about a link between childhood vaccines and autism have returned.. It's a ...

Rubella, rubeola, and roseola are different viral infections that cause symptoms, such as rashes and fever. However, they have unique characteristics and causes. Read more.

DURING the winter and spring of 1964 the United States experienced the largest epidemic of rubella recorded during the past twenty years.1 In Connecticut over 40,000 cases were reported to the Stat ...

Discover how the MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Learn who should get it and when, and why a myth persists linking the vaccine to autism. advertisement. Everyday Health.

Discover how the MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Learn who should get it and when, and why a myth persists linking the vaccine to autism.

However, rubella vaccination should also target populations in the reproductive age, assuring protective levels of immunity owing to the high transmissibility of the virus.