Tag: measles
Measles Saps Kids’ Ability To Fight Other Germs
October 31, 2019 8:00 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system’s memory...
El Al Stewardess Dies After Being Infected with Measles
A stewardess of Israel’s El Al airline died Tuesday, following a months-long battle with measles.
The 43-year-old stewardess was infected with the measles virus during...
US measles outbreak is largest since disease was declared eliminated in...
By Jacqueline Howard and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
Updated 12:15 PM ET, Wed April 24, 2019
(CNN)Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest...
EL AL Flight Attendant in Coma After Getting Measles
April 17, 2019 7:40 pm
The following is via CNN:
An Israeli flight attendant has slipped into a coma after contracting measles, according to health officials.
The 43-year-old...
ALERT – Measles Outbreak Among People Returning From Uman After Rosh...
ALERT – Measles Outbreak Among People Returning From Uman After Rosh Hashana
September 18, 2018 4:00 am
Israel’s Health Ministry is warning of a potential measles...
Vaccine Developer Urges Orthodox Jews to Vaccinate
A doctor who developed the measles vaccine recently urged members of ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities to vaccinate their children, noting that those communities who refused...