A World Health Organization study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives over the ...

Women who did not get the MMR vaccine as a child should get the vaccine before pregnancy. Some vaccines are safe for pregnant women, but not live vaccines like MMR or measles, mumps, rubella, the CDC ...

ADVANCEMENTS in surgical, medical, anaesthetic and intensive care have significantly improved survival rates for children ...

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ;In Uganda, approximately 1.6 million babies are born every year, and 1% of them — about 16,000 babies — are born with heart defects annually. Violet Nabatanzi spoke to the ...

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases and cases are rising nationwide. There are ways to know if you have immunity.

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

A newborn with measles is among the cases reported in the growing West Texas outbreak, Lubbock public health officials say.

Congenital Heart Disease is when someone has one or more problems with the heart's structure that are present at birth. To learn more about congenital heart disease I was joined by Dr. Juliette Power, ...

A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a top health agency to issue a travel warning. As of Friday, Texas had reported 198 ...

"The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is the best protection against this serious disease." To support community protection, NMDOH has scheduled free measles vaccination clinics in Lea County on ...

known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS),” it added. World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, highlighted that the measles vaccine has saved more ...

“In 2024, the Americas Region was again verified as measles-free, while maintaining the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). However, the recent identification of ...