Despite pockets of vaccine resistance that has led to a surge in measles cases in the United States, a new poll found that 87% of Americans believe the measles virus is dangerous and that 87% believe the vaccine against it is safe.
The US count grew by 60, to 764 cases, the most in 25 years, while Europe has recorded 13 deaths.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry said today that Ebola infections have been confirmed in 15 more people, 2 of them health workers.
A growing measles outbreak in the Philippines is being fueled by vaccine hesitancy that originated in the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy, which has embroiled that nation for the last 3 years.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today posted a final investigation update for a Salmonella Reading outbreak that it first announced in July 2018, which reflects 79 new cases since its last report in February, lifting total cases to 358 in 42 states.
Twenty-six years ago, before Vaccines for Children was implemented, the US had 963 measles cases.
Yesterday the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Los Angeles campus announced a quarantine of 280 students and faculty exposed to students who have measles, according to news reports.
A significant factor in 2 New York outbreaks is misinformation about vaccine safety, the CDC says.
An outbreak tied to New York's Orthodox Jewish community has grown to 390 cases.
Cases have now reached 626 and could soon top the ignomious post-elimination record of 667, reached in 2014.