Measles is surging and vaccine hesitancy is up. In his book "Booster Shots," Dr Adam Ratner explains why measles is back and how we can control this deadly infectious killer.
An urgent measles warning has been issued for two states after a toddler arrived in Australia from Vietnam with the infectious and deadly disease.
Amid a global surge in measles cases, new research suggests that undernutrition may be exacerbating outbreaks in areas suffering from food insecurity. A study involving over 600 fully vaccinated ...
Researchers from Indiana University (IU) and Makerere University in Uganda suggest that high uric acid concentrations ...
00pm Illustration of measles virus infection showing giant multinucleated cells seen during microscopy of biopsy specimens, known as Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells. – Coles (next to Kmart ...
Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. To put this into perspective, 13 cases of measles were reported in 2020, 49 in 2021, 121 in 2022, 58 in 2023 and now 121 this year.