THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Canada may lose its measles elimination status amid a yearlong outbreak that has infected more than 5,000 people and killed two infants, health officials said this week. The outbreak began in October 2024 in New Brunswick and has now spread across multiple provinces.Continue Reading
Experts say low vaccination rates are fueling the spreadContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton, whose decades-long career made her one of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, died from primary bacterial pneumonia, according to a death certificate made public Thursday. The certificate listed no underlying causes of death, and said no autopsy was performed. KeatonContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in several states are battling new measles outbreaks that have forced hundreds of unvaccinated students into quarantine. In northwestern South Carolina, 153 unvaccinated children are under a 21-day quarantine after exposure to the virus in Greenville and Spartanburg counties, according toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling on vaccine makers to create separate measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shots, though public health experts saying there’s no scientific reason to do so. “I call on vaccineContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed 10 new measles cases this week, bringing the state’s total to 18 so far in 2025. The cases were all among unvaccinated people who had recently traveled, KSTP-TV in Minneapolis reported. Seven of the newContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed AI tool may help predict which kids with asthma are at higher risk for severe complications like respiratory infections and pneumonia, researchers say. A subgroup of kids identified by the AI tool developed pneumonia more than twice as often asContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One of the largest measles outbreaks in decades is spreading along the Arizona-Utah border, with dozens of confirmed cases among unvaccinated children. Southwest Utah has reported 27 cases so far, nearly all in unvaccinated school-age children, local health officials said. Neighboring Mohave County,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Top vaccine advisers hand-selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to limit the use of a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. By an 8 to 3 vote, with one person abstaining, the Advisory Committee onContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare brain disorder caused by a measles infection in infancy, health officials reported. The child, who was too young to get the measles vaccine, had developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). It’s a rareContinue Reading