Britain’s most senior paediatrician claims children are at a greater risk of contracting measles than coronavirus. President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Professor Russell Viner advised parents to send their children back to school, claiming he’s ‘far more worried about the risk to children of measles than of Covid’. Later today, Boris Johnson will tell … Read more
MMR jab used to prevent measles, mumps and rubella ‘could help protect against COVID-19’ by boosting the immune system and reducing the risk of developing deadly symptoms By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 11:01 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 11:15 BST, 19 June 2020 The MMR jab used against measles, mumps and rubella could … Read more
Measles first spread to humans from cattle more than 2,500 years ago, likely during the rise of the first large cities, scientists claim. The measles virus, measles morbillivirus, diverged from a closely related cattle-infecting virus in approximately the sixth century BC – around 1,400 years earlier than current estimates. The highly-contagious virus emerged at roughly … Read more
British tourist sparks health alert in Mexico after coming down with measles… forcing medics to monitor daily 369 people she has met there The 50-year-old woman began feeling ill in the tourist resort of Playa del Carmen She was taken to a private hospital with a fever, cough and red marks on her skin Lab results confirmed … Read more
Eight measles cases reported in New York’s Westchester County as officials fear the virus is spreading state-wide Six of the patients are siblings aged between six months and 14 years old Some of the Westchester patients fell sick after visiting Brooklyn New York state currently has two major outbreaks: 285 cases in Brooklyn, and 168 … Read more