Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised doubts about ...

My twelve-month-old son has just had a case of German measles. We had decided to go ahead with the MMR vaccine, but since he has had one of the diseases we're not sure what to do.

It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which ...

and it is sometimes called red measles to differentiate it from the much milder rubella, or German measles. After spreading across North Africa to Europe during the 16th century measles was ...

This mild infection can have grave results during pregnancy. In 1964 an epidemic in the U.S. caused defects in 20,000 infants. Isolation of the virus has led to intensive efforts to develop a safe ...

I was in the early stage of pregnancy with my first child, Joy, when I was exposed to a patient who was suspected of having German measles, also called rubella. Unfortuantely, I did not know this ...

For example, rubella, or German measles, can be dangerous for pregnant women and their babies. Yet pregnant women cannot be immunized against the disease because the vaccine contains a weakened ...

In many countries, including the UK, the MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella (or German measles). But, according to Unicef, a mixture of complacency, misinformation ...

Students are reminded to submit proof of immunizations against rubeola (10-day measles), rubella (German measles), mumps, meningitis, diphtheria and tetanus to the PUSH immunization portal by June 30 ...

Immunity gaps created during the Covid pandemic are thought to have led to a spike in rubella cases in 2024. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has seen an increase in rubella ...