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Amid concerns that a measles-infected person may have exposed tens of thousands of others to the virus at a Kentucky public gathering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to get themselves vaccinated at the earliest.…
Researchers in Japan have uncovered the mechanism for how the measles virus can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but fatal neurological disorder that can occur several years after a measles infection. Although the normal form of the…
In a recent review published in Cell Host & Microbe, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and former chief medical advisor to the president of the United States (U.S.), Dr. Fauci, and his team…
Fewer kids in the United States got vaccinated against measles and other viruses last year, based on the latest figures. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that the national coverage with state-required vaccines among…
In a recent study posted to bioRxiv*, researchers developed a measles virus (MeV)-vectored vaccine capable of inducing high neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Study: Surface-modified measles vaccines encoding oligomeric, fusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteins…
A study conducted in Brazil and reported in an article in Vaccines shows that in the São José do Rio Preto region in the northwest of São Paulo state, only 75.8% of children aged 0-15 have antibodies against measles. The…
A large number of children are at risk amid the growing measles threat worldwide. Last year, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed their measles vaccination amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint report by the World Health Organization…
The measles outbreak in Ohio has now reached seven childcare facilities and one school with unvaccinated kids. Local health officials have warned against the rapid spread of the measles virus in local daycares with unvaccinated children. Measles is an easily…
Chickenpox, called varicella by scientists, is a formerly ubiquitous childhood illness that produces a characteristic vesicular rash of varying extent and severity. In earlier days, chickenpox affected almost every child. however, the incidence of this condition has dropped steeply following…
Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia. Fall waited with dozens…
