Measles

U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Raise Danger for Disease Outbreaks Spreading Internationally

Mon, 2025-03-10 10:32 — mike kraft

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders.

The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria.

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Analysis: it took extraordinary measures to stop the last spread of measles in 2019

Mon, 2025-03-10 09:55 — mike kraft

During the last major measles outbreaks in the US, it took extraordinary measures to stop the spread | CNN Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. It was the closest the nation has gotten to losing elimination status for the extremely contagious disease, a milestone that was achieved in 2000. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Measles: International traveler arriving at Dulles airport may have exposed others

Mon, 2025-03-10 09:34 — mike kraft

Maryland confirms measles case, and travelers at Dulles may have been exposed The virus is highly contagious Taylor Edwards NBC4 Washington

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Second measles-related death in U.S.--an unvaccinated adult

Fri, 2025-03-07 09:41 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated New Mexico adult tests positive for measles after death A New Mexico resident who has died, tested positive for measles, the state health department said on Thursday, marking the second measles-related death in the United States in more than a decade. Julie Steenhuysen,Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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Misinformation Concerns: RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments

Wed, 2025-03-05 09:41 — mike kraft

Instead of vaccines, RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments, driving worries about misinformation | CNN As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as “good results” from the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Doctors say that this messaging might take away from efforts to increase vaccination, and some misinformation about these therapies is already circulating online.

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