ALLMedicine™ Measles Center

Dec 4th, 2022 - Immunization is one of the most important public health interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality in children. However, factors contributing to low immunization coverage are not fully understood in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (La...

Dec 2nd, 2022 - Vaccination can protect vaccinated individuals and often also prevent them from spreading disease to other people. This opens up the possibility of getting vaccinated for the sake of others. In fact, altruistic vaccination has recently been concep...

Dec 2nd, 2022 - To quantify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timeliness of, and geographical and sociodemographic inequalities in, receipt of first measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination. Longitudinal study using primary care electronic health rec...

Dec 1st, 2022 - In 2019, the UK lost its WHO measles-free status, due to circulating measles virus and suboptimal coverage with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The National Health Service (NHS) schedule recommends MMR vaccines at age 12 and 40 mont...

Nov 27th, 2022 - Vaccine confidence and coverage decreased following a death temporally but not causally related to measles vaccination in Ukraine in 2008. Large measles outbreaks including international exportations followed. Herein we characterize this experienc...

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7...

Nov 18th, 2022 - Vaccination is the main means for preventing measles, mumps, and rubella virus infections and their related complications (1,2). Achieving and maintaining high 2-dose measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination coverage in the United States has led to...

Nov 10th, 2021 - The largest increase in unvaccinated children in 20 years and critical gaps in disease surveillance increase risk of measles outbreaks, putting lives at risk: WHO, CDC

Feb 9th, 2017 - The adolescent period heralds the pediatric patient's transition into adulthood. It is a time of dynamic development during which effective preventive care measures can promote safe behaviors and the development of lifelong health habits. One of t...

Dec 7th, 2011 - Although vaccinations are most commonly associated with the pediatric population, it is important for healthcare professionals to be familiar with the vaccines that are recommended for adults. The authors discuss 3 vaccines-the measles, mumps, and...

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7...

Oct 12th, 2022 - Today, vaccines are still recognized as one of the most important public health services, and millions of lives are saved each year. Despite the success of vaccination, such as eradicating certain diseases in the community and preventing epidemics...

Oct 7th, 2022 - This is an open label, multi-center, Phase I study to assess the safety of administering MV-NIS directly into the tumor bed (for locally recurrent medulloblastoma or ATRT patients) or into the subarachnoid space (for disseminated recurrent medullo...

Sep 14th, 2022 - Introduction The overall purpose of this study is to investigate simplified childhood vaccination schedules that are more appropriate for developing country use. This study is specifically designed to address two independent questions within a sin...

Sep 10th, 2022 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the maximally tolerated dose (MTD) of intratumoral administration of an Edmonston strain measles virus genetically engineered to express NAP (oncolytic measles virus encoding helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activ...

I joined CDC in 2010, after working for the Connecticut Department of Public Health, because I wanted to protect people’s health in the whole country, not just in one state. Currently, I work for the National Center for Immunization and Respirator...

Dec 5th, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. The flu sent nearly 20,000 people to the hospital during Thanksgiving week -- close to twice the admissions over the prior week -- according to the latest CDC data. (CNN) Pfizer/BioNTech are seeking ...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he has a "completely open mind" about the COVID lab-leak theory, but added that the evidence of a natural occurrence "is pretty s...

Nov 28th, 2022 - (Reuters) - There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. pu...

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7...