DURING the winter and spring of 1964 the United States experienced the largest epidemic of rubella recorded during the past twenty years.1 In Connecticut over 40,000 cases were reported to the Stat ...

She had rubella, she had cataracts — and look at her.” Flaherty, whose four children were all vaccinated, finds it hard to understand why parents wouldn’t take that step.

Several manifestations of congenital rubella have been added to the cataracts and heart defects described by Gregg 1 in 1941, but purpura has not been a conspicuous feature until recently. In a ...

With rubella, it took the epidemic of 1964 for that to happen. Researchers are also trying to compare the mechanisms by which Zika and rubella might affect fetuses.

Discover how the MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Learn who should get it and when, and why a myth persists linking the vaccine to autism.

Discover how the MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Learn who should get it and when, and why a myth persists linking the vaccine to autism.

More than a million Australians have an untreated cataract and hundreds of cataract surgeries are performed daily, but what are they?

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. As the measles outbreak in Texas spreads, attention is turning to what is commonly called the MMR vaccine.

Thanks to successful vaccination programs, Australia has just been declared free of rubella. Continued vigilance is important to make sure it doesn’t come back.

Rubella testing in neonates whose mothers are rubella positive at initial antenatal booking will also yield false positives as IgG crosses the placenta.