Background: Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is associated with several negative outcomes, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The objective of this study was to estimate the numbers of ...

Mounting vaccine complacency is also a danger. With the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases, so too were the memory ...

I write on this anniversary to bear witness to the recent but potentially fleeting miracle of elimination of measles,” writes ...

Both newborns and pregnant women are at higher risk of complications from the measles virus. Unvaccinated mothers who get ...

Stakeholders in the health sector have been urged to intensify efforts and expand the measles-rubella vaccination campaign to reach grassroots communities, as ...

“Thus, these women are also at risk of having a baby with congenital rubella syndrome should they acquire rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Among women who are infected with ...

The incidence of congenital and neonatal varicella and of congenital rubella has been lowered due to vaccination. Perinatally acquired HIV infection continues to increase at a frightening pace in ...

“Thus, these women are also at risk of having a baby with congenital rubella syndrome should they acquire rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Rubella was once common and widespread ...

MANILA, Philippines — Up to 922 cases of measles-rubella have been reported in the first two months of this year, according to the Department of Health. Data from the DOH showed the figure ...