DC airport on high alert after traveler diagnosed with one of world’s most contagious disease. What steps should you follow?A measles outbreak alert has been issued at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after an infected international traveler pa...
21 Aug, 2025, 09.52 PM IST
Measles outbreak ends in West Texas, but fight continues as CDC reports 1,375 cases nationwide in 2025Texas has declared the end of its measles outbreak after 762 cases, primarily affecting children, with significant hospitalizations and fat...
21 Aug, 2025, 10.53 AM IST
Measles cases hit 33-year high in U.S.: How did it spread? Symptoms and risks explainedMeasles outbreak: In the first seven months of 2025, health officials have confirmed 1,288 measles cases nationwide, the highest count reco...
10 Jul, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Measles cases in US reach all-time high after disease was declared 'eliminated': Check symptoms and prevention tipsMeasles in US: US is seeing a surge in number of measles cases since the disease was declared "eliminated" in 2000. The US is seeing a wors...
08 Jul, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
Shakira's concert sparks measles outbreak scare: Check a list of most-affected US states, symptoms and vaccineA measles outbreak, the worst in over two decades, is sweeping the US, with Texas as the epicenter. Over 1,000 cases have been confirmed ac...
22 May, 2025, 04.39 PM IST
North America's measles crisis deepens as outbreaks surge in Canada, MexicoCanada and Mexico are battling significant measles outbreaks amid a broader resurgence across North America. Canada has reported over 730 c...
19 Apr, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
After warning others, now US is at the receiving end: This country just advised its citizens to be cautious when visiting America; here’s whyA country has now issued a warning to citizens about traveling to the United States in the current situation, and has cited some details ab...
05 Mar, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
Measles outbreak in Texas: 146 cases reported, one child dead — Are low vaccination rates to blame?Texas is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in nearly 30 years, with 146 confirmed cases and one reported child fatality. The outbre...
28 Feb, 2025, 11.44 PM IST
Measles outbreak in US: Cases rise to 48 but officials fear real number is over 200A measles outbreak in Texas has infected dozens, with health officials warning the true number could be as high as 300. The virus is spread...
20 Feb, 2025, 12.45 AM IST
Nearly 12 pc of India's eligible children received no dose of measles vaccine, study findsResearchers from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi investigated previously overlooked crit...
09 May, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Reports claiming 11 lakh children missed first measles vaccine in 2022 'inaccurate': Health ministryHealth Ministry has denied reports claiming that an estimated 11 lakh children in India missed their first measles vaccine dose in 2022. Th...
18 Nov, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
Mumbai struggles with measles outbreak; lack of vaccination, poor living conditions to blame, say health officialsPoor living conditions, big family sizes, lack of proper health services, sanitation facilities and nutrition, poor immunity, missed vaccin...
20 Nov, 2022, 11.50 AM IST
7 suspected measles deaths, 164 cases reported in Mumbai since Sept: BMCThe number of suspected measles cases in Mumbai rose to 1,263 after 184 new cases with symptoms of fever and rashes were reported. 647 of t...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Measles outbreak in Mumbai: Toddler dies; 126 children infected with disease so far this yearThe boy, from Null Bazar area, was undergoing treatment at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli sinc...
15 Nov, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Measles vax effective in kids against Covid: StudyThe Pune findings support a much-discussed hypothesis that children are fairly protected against SARS-CoV-2 because of 'non-specific immuni...
22 Jun, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Global measles deaths drop 84% since 2000, but the disease still kills 90,000 every yearIn 2016, global deaths from measles dropped over 80% to an estimated 90,000 people from more than 550,000 deaths in 2000, according to WHO,...
27 Oct, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
India, Indonesia far behind in measles vaccination: WHOTogether they account for 91 per cent of unvaccinated children in the region, with India alone accounting for 67 per cent of the children m...
07 Sep, 2017, 03.51 PM IST