Stakeholders in the health sector have been urged to intensify efforts and expand the measles-rubella vaccination campaign to reach grassroots communities, as ...

Gujarat achieved 95.95% immunization coverage, surpassing the national average in India's SDG-3 Index. Initiatives like ...

The vaccine is the only way to prevent measles, but it also prevents other illnesses. The other "M" stands for mumps, and the "R" stands for rubella. Children can also get an MMRV vaccine, which adds ...

The worst long-term complication of measles is a form of delayed encephalitis called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis ...

In addition to Texas and New Mexico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed measles cases in ...

Dr. Dave Weldon was to have appeared on Thursday in a confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee. He has close ...

Rubella is a contagious viral infection best ... Shingles is a painful, itchy rash that can cause long-term nerve pain or vision loss, depending on the location of the rash.

The White House has pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before he was set to appear for his ...

Certain infections like toxoplasmosis, rubella, and cytomegalovirus are more ... sepsis, hearing or vision problems, jaundice, seizures or intellectual disabilities in the baby,” the fetal ...

"The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is the best protection ... joint and bone pain, blurry vision, and skin and hair problems. Further, it can lead to dangerously high pressure inside the ...

“I think there’s clearly been political influence on the way that there’s vision about the effectiveness ... as the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine,” reads the latest bulletin ...

But a vaccine for measles (now given as MMR, a three-in-one shot that also protects against rubella and mumps), has ... different ways in which it can harm vision. It can also cause temporary ...