Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may ...
Medscape7d
Congenital Rubella Syndrome: Progress and Future Challenges
Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...
Medscape2d
Update on TORCH Infections in the Newborn Infant
such as thrombocytopenic purpura or cataracts. Diagnosis of congenital rubella requires virologic or serologic confirmation. The virus can be isolated for up to one year or more from the ...
Hosted on MSN8mon
Paul Parkman, an inventor of the rubella vaccine, dies at 91
observed that a striking number of women who had been infected with rubella early in their pregnancies gave birth to babies with cataracts and heart defects. Maternal rubella was quickly linked ...
Hosted on MSN21d
Attention! Cataract Cases on the Rise Among Infants; Here’s What You Can Do To Prevent Your Child From Going Blind
poor nutrition and type 2 diabetes in pregnant women increases the risk of cataracts in newborns. According to experts, certain infections like toxoplasmosis and rubella travel through the ...