The number of U.S. measles cases for the first three months of 2019 has surpassed the count for all of 2018. It's the second greatest number of cases reported since measles was eliminated in 2000.
Karma Islas, 2, is held by her mother Maria Islas, as she gets a vaccine at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic. By Lena H. Sun Lena H. Sun National reporter focusing on health Email Bio Follow April 1 at 6:49 PM The number of people sickened by measles in the first three months of this year is more than for all of 2018 — and the second-highest number reported since U.S.
The outbreaks — and the increasingly aggressive public health response to them — have also prompted a spike in activity among anti-vaccine activists. Across the nation and around the world, a global movement that spreads misinformation about vaccines has helped drive down child immunizations, lowering the community immunity that is critical for protection against one of the world’s most contagious diseases.
After photos of Bigtree were posted on Twitter, the official account of the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum in Poland tweeted in response: “Instrumentalizing the fate of Jews who were persecuted by hateful anti-Semitic ideology and murdered in extermination camps like #Auschwitz with poisonous gas in order to argue against vaccination that saves human lives is a symptom of intellectual and moral degeneration.
— Auschwitz Memorial March 29, 2019 Texas has one of the most organized and politically active anti-vaccine groups. Texans for Vaccine Choice, which organized the rally last week, receives support from tea party Republicans and some of the state’s most influential conservative organizations, state lawmakers have said.
Of 15 counties with the most nonmedical vaccine exemptions across the country, about half are now reporting measles outbreaks, including communities in Washington, Texas and Michigan, he said.
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