What to know about rare measles breakthrough cases as virus spreads across US
As measles spreads across the U.S., a few fully vaccinated people have contracted rare breakthrough cases. Here's what to ...
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Contributor: Vaccines are out, measles is in
Peace, love and freedom from the rubella virus — a.k.a. the German measles — finally arrived in 1969 when a rubella vaccine first came onto the scene. Just a few years earlier, a major rubella ...
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No, a vaccine campaign did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike
It is not contagious," Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, professor of microbiology ... The measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine is a two-dose attenuated (weakened) live virus vaccine.
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Can you get the measles vaccine while pregnant?
Here’s why: The MMR vaccine is a live vaccine, meaning it contains a mixture of weakened measles, mumps, and rubella viruses, which helps the body build antibodies that protect against the ...