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While weekly reported cases have slowed over the past few months, the CDC’s figure surpasses the high of 1,274 cases in 2019 and marks a grim milestone for the U.S. as immunization coverage wanes ...
Measles has been a scourge for centuries, afflicting millions of people. It has been blamed, in part, for decimating native populations of the Americas as Europeans explored the New World. In ...
Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. reached 1,288, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on ...
Historical context demonstrates vaccine effectiveness The dramatic reduction in measles cases and deaths following the introduction of the measles vaccine in the 1960s provides compelling ...
The growing measles outbreak in the U.S. Southwest claimed a second life this week. So far this year, more than 220 cases have been reported across 12 states, with the majority in Texas. John Yang ...
But in the American context, the data for vitamin A use in measles is “weak,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean of ...