All rubella articles
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NewsMeasles may be making a comeback in the US, research finds
If immunization rates drop further over a prolonged period of time, measles and even other wiped-out diseases — such as rubella and polio — could one day make a comeback in the United States, according to a new study.
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NewsThe beginning of the end: Setting a global target for rubella eradication
Scientists discuss the 2024 World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation for universal introduction of rubella-containing vaccines (RCVs) into childhood vaccination programs in all countries – particularly in the remaining 19 countries that have yet to do so.
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NewsStudy charts spectrum of febrile rash illness in China from 2009 to 2021
A new study monitors the spectrum of viral pathogens involved in febrile rash illness (FRI) and their epidemiology.
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NewsClinical trial finds live vaccinations safe for liver and kidney transplant recipients
Live vaccinations provided to children who previously received liver or kidney transplants were found to be safe and prompted an immune response to guard against several life-threatening conditions.
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NewsVersatile vaccine candidate fights measles, mumps and Covid
Altered measles and mumps viruses could be used as a platform to create a trivalent COVID-19 vaccine that triggers immunity to multiple variant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, new research in animals suggests. The study builds upon previous studies that involved inserting a highly stable segment of ...
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OpinionNew RSV vaccines on the way - so what do we do about vaccine hesitancy?
Not one, but two promising new vaccines are likely to be introduced to the UK, yet routine childhood vaccination rates have been decreasing for ‘old’ diseases like measles and polio - what’s going on?
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NewsWar in Ukraine pushes highly contagious infectious diseases to alarming levels
New research being presented at this year’s ECCMID reveals an extremely worrying picture of rising infectious disease cases and falling levels of childhood vaccination and case detection in Kharkiv, the scene of some of the most intense combat in 2022.