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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50659893 By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent More than 140,000 people died from measles last year as the number of cases around the world surged once again, official estimates suggest. Most of the lives cut short were children aged under five. The situation has been described by health experts…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48386990 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A significant increase in mumps cases and continuing outbreaks of measles in England have led to calls for people to ensure they are immunised. Public Health England said even one person missing their vaccinations was “too many”. There were 795 cases…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48039524 By BBC Health news More than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles jab between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by children’s charity Unicef reveals. It comes as NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in England in just one…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47940710 By BBC Health news The number of measles cases reported worldwide in the first three months of 2019 has tripled compared with the same time last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN body said provisional data indicated a “a clear trend”, with all regions of the…