Tuesday, April 30, 2019

U.S. Measles Outbreaks Are Driven By A Global Surge In The Virus

https://n.pr/2WhsxTAA nurse prepares a syringe for a measles vaccination at a pediatric clinic in Kiev, Ukraine. The country had 72,408 measles cases in the year from March 2018 to February 2019 — the highest number for any country during that period.

The World Health Organization tallied over 112,000 measles cases in the first quarter of 2019 — up more than 300% compared with the same period in 2018.

(Image credit: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)



from Stories from NPR : NPR https://n.pr/2XPoxdw
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