There were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023 globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, ...
Surging infections and missed vaccinations put thousands of lives at risk, threatening global elimination goals.
Measles infections soared by a fifth last year to over 10 million cases globally, revealing alarming gaps in vaccine coverage ...
Young children are particularly vulnerable to the disease, which killed an estimated 107,500 people in 2023, most of whom ...
Measles cases have skyrocketed in recent years after a pandemic-era drop in vaccination against the virus. Cases of the ...
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a decrease in global immunizations is driving the surge.
Cases of measles, a highly contagious viral infection, rose across the world by 20 percent last year. While measles ...
Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the preventable ...
The WHO and CDC say there were about 10.3 million cases of measles last year, up 20 percent from 2022. Children are ...
One dose is 93% effective against measles, and two doses are 97% effective. The virus had been completely eliminated from 82 countries in the past 50 years, but lack of access to vaccines and ...
Measles is making a comeback, with cases up more than 20% across the globe to more than 10.3 million over the last year, the ...
More than 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20% increase from a year earlier, according to a joint report by ...