As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/measles-canada-americas-paho-who-elimination-status/
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“When you're infected with #measles, your immune system abruptly forgets every pathogen it's ever encountered before – every cold, every bout of flu, every exposure to bacteria or viruses in the environment, every vaccination. The loss is near-total and permanent. Once the measles infection is over, current evidence suggests that your body has to re-learn what's good and what's bad almost from scratch. “
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesia
As Trump tries to destroy universities
“US faces millions of #measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10%
No change in the current vaccination rate would result in hundreds of thousands of measles cases over the same period, according to a mathematical model produced by a team of Stanford University 👈🏼researchers”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/24/measles-cases-deaths-vaccine-rates-rfk-jr/
#Trump would brag about this:
"US surpassed 1,000 #measles cases for the 1st time in 5 years..
1,001 cases have been confirmed in 30 states incl AK, AR, CA, CO, Fla, Ga, HI, Ill, In, Ks, Ky, La, Md, Mi, Minn, MO, MT, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OK, Pa, RI, TN, TX, Vt, Via and Wash"
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FHealth%2Fus-surpasses-1000-measles-cases-1st-time-5%2Fstory%3Fid%3D121635906
CBS News: CDC steps up measles travel warning after spread in airplane
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-measles-travel-warning-spread-in-airplane/
NBC News: Officials warn of potential measles exposure at Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/potential-measles-exposure-shakira-concert-metlife-rcna208216
There were two approaches to dealing with the outbreak of measles that spread through the rural community of Gaines County, Texas earlier this year. Dr. Ben Edwards — himself sick with the virus — handed out cod liver oil and prescribed inhalers, neither of which can prevent or cure measles. Meanwhile the waiting room at the only hospital in Seminole, the county's largest town, was virtually empty. On one recent weekday, just four people had come by Gaines County's free vaccine clinic. NBC's Brandy Zadrozny reports on the spread of misinformation, a child's death that brought anti-vaccine activists to town, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s involvement, and the situation now that the outbreak has run its course.
#Science #Health #News #Texas #USPolitics #RFK #RobertFKennedy #Measles #Misinformation #AntiVax #Vaccines
Lancet study reveals that vaccines have saved 154 million lives over the past 50 years, mostly infants, or 6 lives per minute. This would make the advent of vaccines the single greatest contribution to keeping babies alive. The measles vaccine has been the most significant, accounting for 60% of the lives saved due to immunization.
All that will likely change, thanks to Trump and RFK Jr. Not only are fewer people being vaccinated because of irrational and unfounded fear of vaccines, promoted by hucksters like RFK. The Trump administration's slashing of USAID and other international aid will also reduce vaccination rates among the poorest and most vulnerable children in the world.
#vaccinations #vaccines #antivax #publichealth #trump #rfkjr #usaid #measles #infantmortality
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#Measles detected in #Sacramento County wastewater, officials say https://www.kcra.com/article/measles-detected-sacramento-county-wastewater/64910267
This year's #measles #outbreak is the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. [Only] Halfway through 2025, reported cases have already surpassed 1,274 − the peak for all of 2019.
According to data from the #JohnsHopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation, it reported a total of 1,277 confirmed cases, as of July 5. The majority of cases are linked to a large outbreak that originated in west #Texas.
#Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #vaccines
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/05/2025-record-breaking-measles-outbreak/83994445007/
“Not Just #Measles”: #WhoopingCough Cases Are Soaring as #Vaccine Rates Decline
Measles #Vaccination Rates in Most States Were Below #HerdImmunity in #2023
Over 36 states have drop in rates for at least one key vaccine from 2013-14 to 2023-24 school years. And half of states have seen an across-board decline in all four vaccination rates. #Wisconsin, #Utah and #Alaska have experienced most precipitous drops during that time, with declines of more than 10% in some cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump