He said the funds, released in two tranches of N16 billion each, would support renovations, procurement of commodities and capacity building of frontline health workers under the BHCPF ...

The heightened spread of the disease is a “canary in the coal mine” moment, representing the rapid return of several ...

Dropping vaccination rates and changes in U.S. vaccine policy have public health experts concerned that annual measles outbreaks could become more frequent.

Increasing numbers of parents and carers have been misled into believing vaccines are more dangerous than diseases - they're wrong ...

Measles is a disease caused by the virus Morbillivirus hominis. It’s an RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae—meaning it’s ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

Last week, I explained why it matters if the United States were to lose its status of having eliminated measles. That prompted many readers to ask what additional precautions they should take to ...

The record-setting measles case count also brings the country’s elimination status into question. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. That status indicates the virus is no ...

The United States has managed to keep a lid on measles for a quarter of a century. That’s now at risk. Johns Hopkins’ Center for Outbreak Response Innovation reports 1,277 confirmed cases of ...

Threat to elimination status The record-setting measles case count also brings the country's elimination status into question. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000.