The CDC is telling California adults in high-risk measles areas that they may need to get another measles shot. Two areas the CDC notes as high risks are UCLA or California State University, Los Angeles. They claim…
Merck & Co announced on Wednesday that it will be ramping up production on measles vaccines. The announcement is a response to the constant media coverage over measles outbreaks around the world. As of the…
Two major Los Angeles universities have instituted quarantines following a measles outbreak. The quarantine affects 200 students and staff members at the University of California and Cal State University. “One person with a confirmed measles case can expose…
U.C. Davis Children’s Hospital ER officials claim that a single child exposed 200 people to measles. The figure does not include the hospital staff. The hospital claims that girl visited the hospital on March 17 with respiratory…
Last week, health officials in a suburban New York county banned the unvaccinated from public spaces. Under the state of emergency, unvaccinated children are no longer welcome in public areas due to the threat of measles. The…
A suburb of New York City plans to declare a measles state of emergency and ban unvaccinated minors from public places. The ban specifically targets kids not vaccinated with Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR). The…
Health officials in Vancouver say the city is now facing a crisis in the form of a measles outbreak after nine confirmed cases. Dr. Althea Hayden of Vancouver Coastal Health says all nine of the…
Scientists working at the Mayo Clinic discovered that measles may act as an unlikely ally in the fight against cancer. This isn’t the first time that the measles cancer cure link has made headlines. Back in…
Health Officials in Clark County Washington say that their latest measles case is diagnosed in a child who received the MMR vaccine. The officials claim 42 other cases exists as well. They claim that 31 of…
Last Wednesday night, a CBS report discussing the Northwest “measles outbreak” claimed that a number of cities around the country were equally at risk. In Washington, which has now declared a state of measles emergency, there is…