Measles
Doctors in the UK are urging parents to get their babies vaccinated against measles, amid an "alarming rise" in cases. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there was a 30-fold increase in cases of measles across Europe from 941 cases in 2022 to 30,000 cases in 2023. The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths. In England, there have been 245 confirmed cases of measles this year, with 71 per cent in the West Midlands and 13 per cent in London. The National Health Service (NHS) in England says more than 3....
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Europe is experiencing an “alarming rise” in measles cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, with a more than 30-fold rise across the region in 2023. More than 30,000 measles cases were reported by 40 of the World Health Organization (WHO) European region’s 53 member states between January and October last year, compared to 941 cases in 2022. The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths. The WHO says this upward trend is expected to continue if urgent measures are not taken to prevent further spr...
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By The Conversation Michael Head , University of Southampton One consequence of the pandemic was reduced access to routine healthcare and lower uptake of immunisations. As a result, in November 2022, the World Health Organization declared measles to be an "imminent threat in every region of the world". They described how a record number of nearly 40 million children had missed at least one measles vaccine dose in 2021. Measles is a viral respiratory illness. Transmission is similar to COVID, with the spread between people being driven by respiratory droplets and aerosols (airborne transmission...
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