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'We're already on the precipice of disaster': Deadly measles outbreaks could explode across the US in the next 25 years if vaccinations fall, model predicts
Researchers modeled how measles might spread in the U.S. in the coming decades, showing that more than 50 million cases could ...
Revisiting the measles: Who should get a vaccine?
As awareness of the measles outbreak spreads, many Americans are asking questions and reassessing their vaccination status.
The US is approaching a dangerous measles precipice, scientists say
If even that relatively small decline in vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis ...
Scientists Find Measles Likely to Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions ...
Unvaccinated adult in downstate Marion was Illinois’ first measles case of the year
Illinois’ first measles case of the year was in an unvaccinated adult in downstate Marion, according to the state health ...
LA County resident tests positive for measles after Texas trip
A Los Angeles County resident tested positive for measles after traveling to Texas, according to the Department of Public ...
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Kids infected with measles face long-term health consequences, but one thing can prevent all of them
Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these ...
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McCook in 1950 sees measles outbreak, the beginnings of the DAR shelter house
Being a child of the 1950s, aside vaccines for polio, TB and smallpox, the rest of the 'common diseases,' mumps, measles, chicken pox, rubella, and whooping cough were in fact, common! Sick days were ...
Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow
Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other ...