measles

Hundreds vaccinated after measles emergency in New York

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A New York county which declared a state of emergency over a measles…

US county declares state of emergency amid measles outbreak

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A New York county hit by a measles outbreak declared a state of emergency…

Measles cases spike in Western Visayas; over 1,000 cases recorded

(Eagle News) - More than a thousand cases of measles were recorded in Western Visayas. Based on the data of the…

Madagascar battles killer measles outbreak

by Tsiresena MANJAKAHERY ANTSIRANANA, Madagascar (AFP) -- Frangeline is aged two but weighs no more than a four-month-old -- the…

UN warns of ‘complacency’ as measles cases soar worldwide

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year,…

US health experts say measles resurgence ‘unacceptable’

by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US public health experts sounded the alarm Wednesday over…

DepEd mulls “no vaccination, no enrollment” policy in public schools

(Eagle News)----The Department of Education is studying the Department of Health's proposed "no-vaccination, no-enrollment policy" in public schools following the…

DOH declares measles outbreak in Region 2 after 500% spike in cases

  (Eagle News) -- The Department of Health (DOH) declared a measles outbreak in some parts of Cagayan Valley or…

Kiev reports first measles death as cases soar

KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine's capital has seen its first death from measles in a major outbreak, the health ministry…

Amid measles outbreak, Duterte urges parents to have their children vaccinated

(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 15, urged parents to have their children vaccinated for measles. The…

WHO warns of ‘backsliding’ in measles fight as cases soar

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization warned Thursday that efforts to halt the spread of measles were "backsliding",…

Hundred children die in DR Congo measles outbreak

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- More than a hundred children in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of measles…

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