カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
UN agency says fall in vaccination rates has paved way for ‘huge outbreak’ in Pacific island nationA measles epidemic in Samoa has killed 39 people, with the World Health Organization (WHO) blaming an anti-vaccine messaging campaign for leaving the Pac…
Children under five account for all but one of the deaths as suspected cases double to 1,644 Deaths related to measles have risen to 20 in the past week on the Pacific island of Samoa, the government has said, eight days after declaring a state of emer…
At least six deaths have been linked to the outbreak, in a nation where vaccination rates are alarmingly lowSamoa has closed all schools and cracked down on public gatherings as it enters a state of emergency over the deadly measles outbreak spreading …
Cases have gone up 98% after the government banned a vaccine widely blamed for causing the deaths of childrenAn outbreak of dengue fever in the Philippines has been declared a national epidemic after causing hundreds of deaths this year in the wake of …