It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Rubella is particularly dangerous to women of childbearing age. “I think the parents who don’t give the vaccine to their children are making a big mistake for unfound reasons,” Plotkin says.

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that "nearly everybody born before 1957 had measles and mumps (but not rubella)." I was ...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has launched a plan for an integrated Measles-Rubella and Typhoid Conjugate vaccine campaign across the country from July 5 to July 14. The programme will run across all ...

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry was born with disabilities caused by Congenital Rubella Syndrome after her mother was exposed to German measles (before even realizing she was pregnant). Sjunneson-Henry ...

Rubella is mostly a medical curiosity in the developed world today. Vaccines have eradicated the virus in the Western Hemisphere, and many doctors have never seen the disease outside of textbooks ...

A sizable chunk of New Mexico adults aren't included in the state Health Department's measles vaccination data.

Our experience with the rubella virus, which can cause miscarriages or serious birth defects if a woman gets infected while pregnant, may help scientists figure out how to combat Zika virus.

Polio, rubella, diphtheria, measles, and smallpox and are among the diseases that vaccines have helped to eliminate in the US. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

"Rubella was this lone wolf, this mystery, this virus that never had any relatives," said Tony Goldberg, an epidemiologist at UW, who maintains a research project in Uganda's Kibale National Park.