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Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective ...
Although measles poses the greatest immediate threat because of how contagious it is, further drops in vaccination rates ...
LIMA — Infants who are exposed to measles before they are old enough for vaccination may get vaccinated early, according to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
and discuss changes in the route of administration of the existing live-attenuated vaccine, the development of new-generation nonreplicating measles virus vaccine candidates and attempts to use ...
New recommendations suggest certain adults may need additional protection as measles outbreaks continue to spread nationwide.
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen ... health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I recently welcomed our new granddaughter. She is 2 months old and therefore several months ...
WHEN VACCINATION RATES ARE HIGH, WE PROTECT The New Mexico Department of Health has announced measles has spread to a third county in New Mexico. The health department says an unvaccinated child ...
More than 700 cases of measles ... the vaccine. Measles was fully eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, according to the CDC, meaning the virus was not spreading within the country and new cases ...
As measles cases continue to increase in the United States, this is what you should know about symptoms and your MMR vaccine status. Hedy Phillips is a freelance lifestyle writer based in New York.
The measles outbreak in West ... Across the border in New Mexico, where the outbreak has spread, the state lost grants that funded vaccine education. It’s still unclear how the recently ...