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Measles: North Dakota quarantines unvaccinated children

Mon, 2025-05-12 10:14 — mike kraft
Measles outbreak in North Dakota prompts local health officials to quarantine unvaccinated schoolchildren Measles cases continue to accumulate in the United States in what is already the second-worst year since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, and a recent outbreak in one North Dakota county led local health officials to quarantine nearly 200 unvaccinated students. Yahoo News

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Update: U.S. flu activity lower but more childrens' deaths reported

Mon, 2025-05-12 10:05 — mike kraft
US flu activity now at low levels, but CDC confirms 10 more kids' flu deaths A 2024-25 flu season that has been classified as high severity has now reached low transmission levels, but 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10, when 288 pediatric deaths were recorded, according to the latest FluView update today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CIDRAP

 

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U.S. Measles cases top 1,000 for 1st time in 5 years

Fri, 2025-05-09 16:43 — mike kraft
US surpasses 1,000 measles cases for 1st time in 5 years: CDC The U.S. has surpassed 1,000 measles cases for the first time in five years, according to new data from the CDC published Friday. ABC News ABC News

 

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Measles Updates: More than 930 U.S. cases as Texas outbreak spreads

Mon, 2025-05-05 10:10 — mike kraft
Measles Updates: More Than 930 Cases As Texas Outbreak Spreads Texas remains the state with the highest number of cases, by far. Antonio Pequeño IV Forbes
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Measles continues to spread in Western Hemisphere

Fri, 2025-05-02 10:31 — mike kraft
Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases. Three people have died in the U.S. and one in Mexico. AP News

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A small increase in measles vaccinations could prevent millions of U.S. cases--study

Wed, 2025-04-30 12:42 — mike kraft
Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how Amid the spread of measles across the U.S., new research shows even a small uptick in measles, mumps, rubella vaccination could prevent millions of infections. ABC News ABC News
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U.S. measles cases reach 900 and 10 states have active outbreaks

Wed, 2025-04-30 09:40 — mike kraft
The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here's what to know A federal health agency says the U.S. has 884 confirmed measles cases this year as of Friday. That's triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year. AP News

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Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:42 — mike kraft
Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues. Katia Savchuk News Center
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FLU: U.S. children's deaths top 200 as overall cases decline

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:12 — mike kraft
US kids' flu deaths top 200 as respiratory diseases decline further Flu-related deaths in children climb to 204, up 6 from the previous week, the CDC says. CIDRAP
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Malnutrition treatments suspended in Ethopia because of funding shortages--WFP

Tue, 2025-04-22 10:51 — mike kraft
Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says The World Food Programme suspended malnutrition treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia this week due to severe funding shortages, the U.N. agency said, with millions more at risk of losing access to aid. Emma Farge Reuters

 

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