MEASLES – “There’s a moment in any kind of outbreak when the temperature sort of changes, and parents’ questions and concerns shift from curiosity to fear”

“Protection from measles in particular dropped in 100 countries between 2010 and 2019, unravelling decades of progress, including in rich countries that had previously eliminated the highly infectious disease…”

With (Measles) Cases increasing and vaccine uptake in some parts of the ENGLAND worryingly low, nurseries are bringing back infection control measures last used during the pandemic to keep children safe and ease parents’ fears.

“Few expected a major return of measles to the United States this year, a quarter-century after it was declared eliminated here.”

“More than 10,000 (measles) cases, 18 of them fatal, have been reported across 10 countries in the Americas this year, with the pace of infections 34 times higher than a year ago..”

“As a record number of people in the U.S. are sickened with measles, researchers are resurrecting the search for something long-deemed redundant: treatments for the viral disease.”

“‘What do measles, pertussis and diphtheria have in common?’The answer is that these diseases are preventable through vaccination – and they are all spreading in Europe.”