Since 2000, global measles deaths have fallen by 88%, saving nearly 59 million lives. In 2024, about 11 million people contracted measles — a big i ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists suspect there could be a link between childhood brain cancer and exposure to the measles or influenza virus around the time of birth. In the first study to ...

The threat of the U.S. losing its elimination status is looming after Canada lost its measles elimination status following a ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said Nigeria has recorded major breakthroughs in routine and special immunisation programmes, with over 14 million girls ...

Iziaq Salako, minister of state for health and social welfare, says over 14 million girls were vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) in Nigeria in 2025.

With the introduction of measles vaccines in the 1960s, this once-common disease became something many of us have never seen firsthand. According to the CDC, measles was declared eliminated from the U ...

The dreaded Big C. I don’t know anyone who is prepared for the changes and challenges that await when they’re diagnosed with ...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the ...

The status change, driven by a persistent measles outbreak, brings a nearly 30-year public health victory to an end.