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"I lost almost all of my hearing from measles. It was horrible. I was so sick. I missed so much of second grade that I went ...

Although measles is seen as a contagious viral disease that passes quickly, it can also cause damage that leaves long-term ...

has not been associated with birth defects to the extent that German measles (rubella) has, it can still be a serious infection during pregnancy,” Cutler said. “So, preventing the spread of ...

Wife of Governor Dr. Alex Otti of Abia State, Priscilla Chidinma Otti, has lamented the loss of many lives to vaccine-preventable diseases and consequently commenced sensitization and mobilization of ...

Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take ...

When Texas officials first discovered measles cases this year, they were among the Mennonite population. Now, officials say ...

Rubella was scarier for pregnant women because ... "In the mid-1960s, I had German measles. I had a horrendously high fever. I was seeing angels and was not all 'there.' Mom had called our doctor ...

After Texas experienced the first measles death ... them into Low German and Spanish. “The best way to protect against measles is with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine,” one ...

Just two cases have occurred in people fully vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine ... of Gaines County -- a community known as Low German Mennonites, due to the language they ...