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US measles cases top 300, highest in a year since 2019

Fri, 2025-03-14 17:45 — mike kraft

US sees 300-plus measles cases, highest in a year since 2019 The U.S. has recorded more than 300 cases of measles in just the first three months of this year, according to data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the mos… nweixel The Hill

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RFK Jr. claims measles can be trated with vitamin A but many experts disagree

Fri, 2025-03-14 10:51 — mike kraft

RFK Jr. claims measles can be treated with vitamin A, linked to poor diet. Here's what science says RFK Jr. has claimed measles can be treated with vitamin A and that severe infection is linked to poor diet. But many experts who spoke with ABC News disagreed. ABC News ABC News

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Measles cases in Europe reach highest level in quarter century

Thu, 2025-03-13 12:32 — mike kraft

Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on Thursday. UN News

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U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Raise Danger for Disease Outbreaks Spreading Internationally

Mon, 2025-03-10 10:32 — mike kraft

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders.

The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria.

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Analysis: it took extraordinary measures to stop the last spread of measles in 2019

Mon, 2025-03-10 09:55 — mike kraft

During the last major measles outbreaks in the US, it took extraordinary measures to stop the spread | CNN Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. It was the closest the nation has gotten to losing elimination status for the extremely contagious disease, a milestone that was achieved in 2000. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Second measles-related death in U.S.--an unvaccinated adult

Fri, 2025-03-07 09:41 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated New Mexico adult tests positive for measles after death A New Mexico resident who has died, tested positive for measles, the state health department said on Thursday, marking the second measles-related death in the United States in more than a decade. Julie Steenhuysen,Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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Misinformation Concerns: RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments

Wed, 2025-03-05 09:41 — mike kraft

Instead of vaccines, RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments, driving worries about misinformation | CNN As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as “good results” from the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Doctors say that this messaging might take away from efforts to increase vaccination, and some misinformation about these therapies is already circulating online.

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Measles Outbreak: Pediatricians and Parents reactions

Wed, 2025-03-05 09:31 — mike kraft

Pediatricians walk a delicate line with parents in measles vaccination debate Anxious parents are begging for early vaccinations, while others are refusing the shot. Many holdouts are unfazed by the deadly measles outbreak in Texas. NBC News

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U.S. vaccination rates are declining as more states loosen mandates

Tue, 2025-03-04 09:52 — mike kraft

Vaccination rates are declining and might get worse as states relax rules More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates—even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Shalina Chatlani Medical Xpress

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Texas measles outbreak fueled by distrust in public health and personal choice

Tue, 2025-03-04 09:40 — mike kraft

West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died. AP News

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