measles

• Can the flu shot and other routine vaccines protect against COVID-19?

  U.S. researchers have found the flu shot could prevent severe COVID-19 illness in children. And that's not the only routine vaccine with potential to protect against it.

  Canada

  Feb 18
• History shows COVID-19 may fade out, but likely won’t disappear

  Even with a successful vaccine and effective treatment, COVID-19 may never go away, history professor Nükhet Varlik says.

  Commentary

  Oct 17, 2020
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• AHS issues alert after confirmed case of measles in St. Albert, U of A and Stollery hospitals

  Alberta Health Services has issued a warning after a confirmed case of measles in the Edmonton area.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2020
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• American children not getting measles shots before travelling overseas: study

  While nearly 40 per cent of those children did not get vaccinated because their parents or guardians declined, an equal number missed vaccinations because they weren't offered by the clinician, according to the study in JAMA Pediatrics.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2019
• 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
• Almost 90% of people in Samoa now vaccinated against measles in wake of deadly outbreak: officials

  The measles virus has infected almost 4,500 people in the South Pacific nation of just 200,000 since late October. Of those who died, 57 were children under the age of four.

  Health

  Dec 6, 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
• N.B. education minister open to removing notwithstanding clause from mandatory vaccination bill

  "If the only obstacle between the Liberals offering support for this legislation is there's an obstacle, then I'd certainly be happy to look at having it taken out." 

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2019
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• 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
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• Measles cases in Samoa more than double over past week as death toll rises

  Schools and universities have been closed and most public gatherings banned on the island state of just 200,000, located south of the equator and half way between Hawaii and New Zealand.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2019