Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health warned the public of a potential Pennsylvania measles outbreak after two cases of exposure had been reported – one at a CVS Pharmacy and another at the kids’ Please Touch Museum at Fairmount Park at 4231 Avenue of the Republic, in Philadelphia. Health officials recently said that those two threats were false alarms since measles tests conducted … [Read more...]
Powdered Measles Vaccine Scores Promising Results
A new form of powdered measles vaccine has been developed and just successfully passed the initial trials of a long session of testing planned out in the near future. On paper, in the incipient phases of development, the powder-based vaccine already showed a lot of improvement from the classic version. With syringes and needles no longer being needed, the cost of delivering the dry vaccine to … [Read more...]
Measles cases hit 20-year high in United States
The case of measles in the United States has soared to 288 this year, which is the worst outbreak in 20 years. The growing cases of measles have kept the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) worried. The 288 cases were reported across 18 states between January 1 and May 23. According to CDC release, "Ninety percent of all measles cases in the United States were in people who … [Read more...]
Modified Measles Vaccine in Minnesota Used To Kill Woman’s Cancer
Stacy Erholtz, a woman with an incurable cancer is now in remission, all credits to a highly concentrated dose of the measles virus enough that it could have served 10 million people. Erholtz, 49, from Pequot Lakes, Minn., battled multiple myeloma, a deadly blood cancer that affects bone marrow, for 10 years. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic say she had received every type of chemotherapy drug … [Read more...]
Measles cases hit 19-year high in United States
Measles are back again in the United States and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says this time it has increased at a startling rate. The disease has disappeared in the U.S. due to the huge awareness about the vaccines among the people but the CDC report shows it has hit a 19-year high. According to the CDC, the U.S. has witnessed 13 outbreaks and 130 cases till mid-April in 2014. … [Read more...]
Measles back again in US, experts call for vaccination
Measles are back again in America with two highly contagious cases popping up in the Bay State from Trader Joe’s and a sushi bar in Framingham. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of about 60 people in the United States contract measles every year. These people are mostly exposed to the disease in other countries who then travel here. The disease was … [Read more...]
Massachusetts issues health alert for measles
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Monday issued a public health alert after it confirmed two cases of highly contagious measles in the suburbs west of Boston. Framingham officials issued the health alert warning residents that they may have been exposed to the disease if they shopped at the Trader Joe’s on Route 9 in Framingham on February 15 or 16. Meanwhile, the … [Read more...]
15 cases of measles confirmed in California
The once eradicated viral disease, measles, in the US (2000), has been witnessed rising again in numbers over the past several years. 15 cases of measles since Jan. 1 are confirmed compared to last year’s two measles cases, California health officials say. On Feb. 21 in California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the confirmed cases in California in a press … [Read more...]
