The New South Wales (NSW) health authority has issued a measles alert after it was notified of two confirmed cases who acquired their infection overseas. The two visited several locations around Randwick and Rose Bay between July 15 and July 20, including the Prince of Wales hospital and Randwick shopping centre. NSW Health emphasised that…

Health Viewpoints The global threat of measles outbreaks looms large. Despite significant progress in measles control, outbreaks continue to surge across various regions, jeopardizing public health worldwide. In Europe, where many countries have lost their measles elimination status in recent years, over 900 cases were reported by the end of February alone, surpassing the total for 2022….

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new health advisory this week regarding measles infections for international travelers ahead of the summer travel season. The agency issued its latest health advisory on Wednesday urging Americans to “be on alert for cases of measles” and advising parents to make sure their families are up-to-date…

Thousands of people may have been exposed to measles during a recent gathering in Kentucky, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an alert on March 3. Kentucky officials have confirmed that a person with measles, who had not been vaccinated, attended a religious gathering at Asbury University in Wilmore during…

The percentage of school-aged American children who’ve received routine childhood vaccines, while still high, has dropped again during the past school year, a new government report says. The report, released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), looked at the coverage rates of four vaccines mandated by state and local school…

A measles outbreak in Ohio has infected at least 82 children and left 32 hospitalized, said Columbus Public Health in an update posted Dec. 30. Health officials said weeks ago that they began investigating after a child became infected at a childcare facility in Franklin County, later saying that cases have been reported at a number of…

The world is at risk of major measles outbreaks as tens of millions of infants missed their vaccination last year, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday. Even though the 2020 number of reported measles cases worldwide has dramatically dropped compared to 2019, the risk…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Afghans being brought into the United States are carrying viruses including malaria, measles, and tuberculosis, as well as COVID-19. The health agency said that the Afghans will have to receive vaccines for measles and undergo quarantining. Since last month, the Biden administration has brought in…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that there could be larger outbreaks of measles after six Afghan refugees tested positive for the disease. The warning wasn’t issued publicly but was delivered to Robert Fenton Jr., the senior response official for the Operation Allies Welcome Unified Command Group. The operation is centered…

Five people who were recently evacuated to the United States from Afghanistan were confirmed to have measles, Virginia health officials said Tuesday. “All recently entered the United States as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the U.S. federal government’s emergency evacuation of citizens of Afghanistan,” a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Health told The Epoch Times…