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Parents are increasingly finding ways to keep their children unvaccinated as they enter kindergarten, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The percentage of parents claiming vaccine exemptions for their children has increased nationwide this year, with many states rising over 5%. Overall childhood vaccination coverage remains high but has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.What Inspired Dominic Monaghan's Performance in Moriarty?Children who attend school are required to receive…

Japanese researchers have discovered the mechanism behind the development of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a fatal neurological disorder that can occur years after a measles infection.Measles Virus “Cooperates” With Itself To Cause Fatal EncephalitisScientists discover a new mechanism for how the measles virus can cause a rare but fatal neurological disorder, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.Researchers in Japan have uncovered the mechanism for how the measles virus can cause subacute sclerosing…

The following is an excerpt from Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature’s Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg. Available for sale January 17, 2023 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org.When the United States began vaccinating against the measles virus in the 1960s, children fortunately stopped getting measles. But that wasn’t the only thing; suddenly, American children had plummeting risks of dying from all sorts of other infectious diseases, too. The same thing happened in European countries joining the effort.…

A child with a measles rash.Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)A measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio has sickened over 80 children and hospitalized dozens. The majority of these cases have involved unvaccinated children who were nonetheless eligible for vaccination. It is not yet clear how long the outbreak will continue, with the most recent case having been detected just last week.Columbus Public Health officials first reported the outbreak in early November, though the first known cases are now believed to have begun in…

With the rising cases, the central government has directed affected states to strengthen fever and rash surveillance, Hindustan Times has reported citing people familiar with the matter.  “The Union health ministry has been asking states to heighten surveillance so that cases are not missed, and also detected early so that treatment reaches on time. This will help save lives," official aware of the matter said told HT, requesting anonymity. The two…

A record high of nearly 40 million children around the world missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021, according to a new report Wednesday that found immunization levels had failed to rebound from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The research, which was jointly published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the decline was a major setback in eliminating the deadly disease.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the irony in the fact…

A growing number of children around the world are vulnerable to measles as vaccination rates have declined to the lowest levels since 2008, global health leaders warned on Wednesday.The Covid-19 pandemic badly disrupted routine vaccination services which resulted in millions of kids missing their measles shots, according to a report from the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.About 81% of children worldwide received the first dose of the measles vaccine in 2021, down from 86%…

Though highly contagious and dangerous to young children, measles is nearly 100% preventable with two doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)An outbreak of measles in Ohio has spread through at least 7 daycares and a school in the area. Officials are now investigating 18 suspected cases of the fast-spreading but vaccine-preventable viral illness, all among unvaccinated children. Several of the children have been hospitalized.Columbus Public Health (CPH) and Franklin…

NEW DELHI : The Union health ministry has directed states and union territories to focus on the universal immunization programme (UIP), which was…