For decades, one of the world’s most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But now measles is roaring ...

Q: Are there challenges in identifying congenital rubella syndrome?. A: People may think that just because the disease is eliminated, there’s no chance they’re going to see it.

Several manifestations of congenital rubella have been added to the cataracts and heart defects described by Gregg 1 in 1941, but purpura has not been a conspicuous feature until recently. In a ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract. Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella ...

Congenital rubella syndrome is another reason why it is so critical to maintain high compliance with the MMR vaccine, which covers measles, mumps and rubella. Dear Dr. Roach: ...

Across the world, 120,000 children continue to be born with severe birth defects from the disease, including 43 cases of congenital rubella syndrome from among Japan's 15,000 cases of rubella in 2013.

With more than 300 congenital rubella syndrome children in their care – and hundreds of other families looking for guidance – the team set out to give them a chance in life.

A U.S. rubella epidemic in 1964 and 1965 caused 12.5 million cases, resulting in 20,000 cases of congenital rubella syndrome, 11,250 fetal deaths and 2,100 infant deaths, ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been following all the concerns about exposure to measles but have not seen anything mentioned that it is dangerous for pregnant women to be exposed. In 1966, doctors felt ...