Nigeria has stepped up advocacy efforts in preparation for introducing the measles-rubella vaccine to prevent congenital defects. The Centre for Well-Being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions ...

LAGOS – The Centre for Well-Being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions (C-WINS) has warned that rubella infections during pregnancy continue to pose a serious but preventable threat to newborn ...

Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is available at retail pharmacies, doctor’s offices or at Allen County Public Health by appointment prior to or within 72 hours of exposure. Call 419-228 ...

Anna Hicks prepares a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Andrews County Health Department, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)(Annie Rice / AP) Texas public ...

“And we know that there are infections that can occur in utero, like a cytomegalovirus infection, rubella infection. What all of those three things have in common is that they will affect you be ...

The US now has 712 confirmed cases of measles, a 17% increase over last week in an outbreak that has left two unvaccinated children dead. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...

Kennedy wrote that “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” marking his clearest endorsement of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to date.

(Gray News) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is touting the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent someone from catching measles.

At present 40 per cent of congenital deafness is inexplicable. The effect of rubella on the frequency of congenital deafness was studied five years after an epidemic of rubella in an island ...