vaccination, disease & medicine

So far this year, 465 infections have been reported, with numbers approaching their highest since measles returned to the country.

Most people who contracted the disease were unvaccinated and some state legislatures are now considering whether to curtail nonmedical vaccine exemptions.

After attacks on two Ebola treatment centers in Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Doctors Without Borders says public health workers are “failing” to control the epidemic.

The World Health Organization reports that a number of countries are experiencing “sizeable” numbers of the infection due to a failure to vaccinate.

The outbreak has infected 50,000 people and killed 300, most of them children, since cases began to crop up in October 2018.

Most of the 34 patients are under 10 years old, and almost all have been confirmed as unvaccinated against the virus.

Results from an observational study find that the introduction of a routine vaccine in Australia coincided with a fall in the incidence of the autoimmune condition.

In one county alone, more than 100 cases have been confirmed since October.

The person, whose identity has not been revealed, may have been exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo and is now at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Scientists debate why the number of whooping cough cases is up, and whether the effectiveness of a vaccine introduced within the last two decades is to blame.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.

Physician Peter Gøtzsche, a board member of the organization, has been an outspoken critic of certain vaccines and of the pharma industry in general.

The WHO reports more than 41,000 cases in the region in the first half of 2018.

In response to a new outbreak, health workers will start administering vaccines again soon.

Vaccination reduced the risk of death by two-thirds for children with no other health problems.  

The World Health Organization predicts the number of cases in Democratic Republic of Congo will rise up to 300 by July.  

The increase is associated with travel to Europe, where large outbreaks are occurring.