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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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Proposed Medicaid cuts risk making the Black maternal health crises worse.

Mon, 2025-04-21 11:29 — mike kraft
Medicaid cuts risk worsening Black maternal health crisis Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women at a heightened risk of death, worsening the maternal mortality crisis an… bconradis The Hill
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Measles outbreaks hit Michigan and Pennsylvania as well as six previously hit states

Fri, 2025-04-18 12:06 — mike kraft
Michigan and Pennsylvania join six other states with measles outbreaks. Here's what to know Michigan and Pennsylvania officials confirmed measles outbreaks this week. U.S. measles cases topped 700 as of Friday, and two children and an adult have died. New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas also have active measles outbreaks. AP News

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Disruption of measles vaccinations during COVID pandemic took its toll--study

Thu, 2025-04-17 12:08 — mike kraft
Survey of global measles activity shows COVID pandemic's effect Overall, the study paints a picture of steady global declines in measles activity since 1990, but suggests the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions to childhood immunization schedules, may mark the beginning of the end of measles progress for some nations. CIDRAP
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