The number of measles cases in the U.S. has reached a 33-year record high, years after it was officially eliminated in the ...

Prolonged immune amnesia after a measles infection could explain why there was a "remarkable decline" in childhood deaths from infectious diseases after the introduction of measles vaccination in ...

Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhoea and even death – measles virus infections, especially in children, can have ...

New research suggests that measles infection doesn’t just make you ill in the short term; it may also undo years of immune ...

The Measles Comeback Could Put Kids At Risk Of Many Other Infectious Diseases : Goats and Soda There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza ...

In 2021, the rates of vaccination against measles, polio and other infectious diseases among 1-year-olds all fell for a second year in a row after posting their first declines in about 20 years in ...

Measles cases have surged by nearly 80% worldwide this year, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the rise of the "canary in a coal mine" illness indicates that outbreaks of other diseases are ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Higgins, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION ...

Researchers had long suspected that children who get the measles vaccine also tend to have better immunity to other diseases, but they were not sure why. A study published in 2019 found that having a ...

Measles and other diseases are on the rise, straining health systems and putting lives at risk. A call to action to invest in immunization as funding cuts jeopardize hard-won global gains. Twelve ...

One of the world’s most contagious diseases is spreading in Europe. Measles has been on the rise for months. Last year was the worst for measles in Europe and Central Asia since 1997, with more ...