Childhood vaccination rates for illnesses such as measles, mumps and rubella have dropped nationwide in recent years. Health experts worry that the dropping vaccination rates put more communities at ...

Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states this year, and primarily spreading among unvaccinated people.

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 have been ...

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“After Kennedy got through, the Republicans who voted for him broke into a rousing chorus of ‘For He’s a Jolly Rubella.’” That joke was of course a reference to just one of the dangerous ...

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A survey finds that many pediatricians in Japan are struggling with shortages of a combined measles and rubella vaccine.

Japanese were shocked last week when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its advisory on Japan's rubella outbreak to an "alert," the second highest level. It advised travelers ...

Note: The video reflects top headlines from morning of February 11, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas — As measles cases are on the rise in the South Plains, the Lubbock Public Health (LPH) will host a ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has seen an increase in rubella cases across South Africa, with more than 8 000 positive cases identified at the end of September.

Parents have been urged to get their kids vaccinated against measles mumps and rubella (MMR) amid a rise in cases in Leeds.

The MMR vaccine is a powerful tool to prevent three highly contagious viral diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Thanks to the MMR vaccine, introduced in 1963, these serious ...