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News, Reviews, and Articles on Rubeola
Ariz. tourist diagnosed with measles Jul 31, 2009
Measles, an extremely infectious respiratory illness caused by the rubeola virus, has been mostly eradicated in the United States through an aggressive childhood vaccination program instituted in the early 1970s. But it remains common in other countries. (AZCentral -- News)
Health department urges parents to vaccinate Apr 28, 2009
If prevention of potentially life-threatening diseases is not enough to motivate parents to get their children vaccinated, parents should also know that the law requires that every child in North Carolina be vaccinated for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, varicella (chicken pox), hepatitis B, haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), red measles (rubeola), mumps, and rubella. Children without record of these vaccinations will not be allowed to attend school or childcare. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Measles outbreak in family prompts warning Apr 1, 2009
But state and Allegheny County health departments and Children's Hospital called an emergency news conference yesterday to announce that two preschool-age siblings from Westmoreland County have been diagnosed with measles, or rubeola. The state health department also said later that the children's 33-year-old father, who received only one of two necessary MMR vaccinations as a child, also is infected. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
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