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Experts Concerned as NIH Axes Critical Vaccine Study Funds
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 – Hundreds of U.S. research projects aimed at boosting vaccine confidence have been shut down – just as preventable diseases like measles and flu are on the rise. Since Jan....
Kansas and Ohio Report Surge in Measles Cases Amid Outbreaks
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 – A measles outbreak in Kansas has rapidly escalated, doubling to 23 cases in less than a week, and health officials in Ohio report that a single case in Ashtabula County...
Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 – As a measles outbreak spreads across U.S., doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A. At Covenant Children’s H...
Oklahoma Now Reporting Measles Cases Related to Texas/New Mexico Outbreak
WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 – As the number of cases in the Texas measles outbreak continues to climb, Oklahoma is now reporting four cases, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health....
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Downplays Measles Vaccine as Cases Surge
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 – A growing measles outbreak has led to 222 reported cases across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma in 2025, with health officials urging more people to get vaccinated. During...
HHS Employees Offered as Much as $25K To Leave Jobs
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 – In a sweeping effort to downsize the federal workforce, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has offered buyouts of up to $25,000 to many of its 80,000...
Second Death From Measles Reported in Unvaccinated Adult in New Mexico
FRIDAY, March 7, 2025 – Amid the current outbreak of measles centered in counties along the Texas/New Mexico border, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is reporting the death of an...
CDC Sends Experts to Texas as Measles Outbreak Grows
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 – A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a team to help local health officials...
Measles Outbreak in Texas Claims Life of Unvaccinated Child
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 – The first death has been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak affecting the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas and Lea County, New Mexico. According to the...
Texas Measles Outbreak Spreads to New Mexico as Case Numbers Near 100
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH). Lea County is near Gaines County, Texas, where...
Number of Measles Cases Now 58 in West Texas Outbreak
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 – New numbers have been released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an update on the measles outbreak in Gaines County and the surrounding...
Number Infected Now 24 in Texas County Measles Outbreak
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – New numbers have been released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an update on the measles outbreak in Gaines County: 22 children and two adults...
Texas County Reports Measles Outbreak Among Unvaccinated Children
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting an outbreak of measles in Gaines County. All cases have been identified among unvaccinated school-aged...
Parental Sociodemographics Linked to Child MMR Vaccine Uptake
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – Parental sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 vaccination status are associated with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination rates in the United States, according to...
Global Coverage With Measles Vaccine Declined During COVID-19
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 – Global coverage with measles vaccination declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, and estimated measles cases increased 20 percent worldwide from 2022 to 2023, according to...