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 Measles Information - October 6, 2008
| Boston, MA (AHN)-After four people in a downtown office tower were diagnosed with the highly infectious disease, Boston health officials worked to contain the city's first outbreak of measles in seven years | | According to researchers, congenital rubella syndrome, also known as German measles has practically been eliminated in the U.S. The data findings published in the journal of The Teratology Society notes that rubella is no longer an endemic disease in this country and congenital rubella syndrome "is almost a thing of the past in the United States | | The U.K. reports its first case of a measles-related death in 14 years. According to BBC Health, a string of outbreaks mainly in England and Wales's traveling communities has led to 100 cases so far in 2006, compared with 76 in 2005 | | A 13 year old boy is the first person in the UK to die from measles in over a decade. The Health Protection Agency says the victim was from a traveling family living in the northwest of England at the time | | Chiron Corp. is recalling and withdrawing nearly 5.5 million doses of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine available in developing countries and Italy. The California-based biotechnology company issued the recall as a precaution after reports of a higher rate of adverse reactions when compared to other vaccines. These include fever, allergic reactions and glandular swelling | |
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