Day: March 15, 2019

Researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Source: About half a lakh measles-related deaths averted in India due to vaccination programs, says study | Research Matters

I’m asking parents who doubt the facts to consider how much pain on the face of their child they’d be ready to live with forever Source: I almost died of measles when I was 17. Why are anti-vaxxers making the news again? | Van Badham | Opinion | The Guardian

PARIS — Ebola. Toxic air pollution. The HIV epidemic. Given the plethora of health problems we face, all-but-eradicated diseases like measles, polio and smallpox should be the least of our concerns. Source: Anti-Vaxx Global: How A Social-Media-Borne Contagion Is Spreading – Worldcrunch

Across New York, there have been more than 300 confirmed measles cases, but the parents still believe the exclusion order is causing them and their children “irreparable harm.” Source: Measles outbreak: Unvaccinated children can’t return to New York school, federal judge rules – The Washington Post