Measles outbreak

• Measles outbreak declared in American Samoa, shuttering schools

  In the neighbouring independent nation of Samoa, more than 60 people have died, mostly children, from the measles and more than 4,000 were infected since the outbreak started in mid-October, health officials said.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2019
• Samoa charges anti-vaxxer as deadly measles epidemic shuts down nation

  The battle to quell the devastating outbreak has been complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination movement, officials say.

  World

  Dec 6, 2019
• Advertisement
• Samoa closes schools, restricts travel as measles death toll tops 50

  Samoa is trying to contain a measles outbreak that has killed more than 50 people in just weeks.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2019
• Advertisement
• Measles cases continue to spike around the world, WHO says

  WHO noted that two large epidemics in New York are over but small outbreaks elsewhere in the U.S. continue.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2019
• 24 children dead as Samoa’s measles outbreak worsens

  Samoa's measles outbreak has claimed 25 lives so far, almost all of them young children.

  Health

  Nov 25, 2019
• New Brunswick invokes notwithstanding clause in bill making vaccination mandatory

  Cardy acknowledges Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which allows governments to override parts of the charter, is rarely used.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2019
• Babies more vulnerable to catching measles than previously thought: study

  Infants typically don't receive the measles vaccine until they are 12 months old. That results in a "quite alarming" susceptibility gap.

  Lifestyle

  Nov 21, 2019
• Samoa declares state of emergency after measles outbreak

  New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Friday his country would send 3,000 vaccines and 12 nurses to Samoa to assist with the outbreak.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2019
• Advertisement
• Vaccine mistrust in Ukraine weakens the world’s defences, experts worry

  More than 58,000 people this year were infected with measles in Ukraine, a country where only half the population believes vaccines work.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2019
• Advertisement
• Measles limits body’s ability to fight off other diseases, studies suggest

  A pair of studies looking at an unvaccinated community suggest that measles hurts the immune system, making it hard to fight off other infections.

  Health

  Oct 31, 2019