Top 5 Takeaways Significant Increase in Cases Early 2024: There was a dramatic rise in reported measles cases in the first quarter of 2024, with 97 new cases accounting for
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Top 5 Takeaways Increased Detection of Measles Vaccine Virus: Approximately 1% of syndromic PCR panels conducted by a commercial laboratory tested positive for measles, mainly in children recently vaccinated against
Top 5 Takeaways Five measles cases in unvaccinated children: Occurred in children aged 1–9 years living in the same apartment building in Cook County, Illinois, highlighting measles’ high contagion among
Top 5 Takeaways Significant progress in measles vaccination coverage: From 2003 to 2020, estimated coverage for the first and second doses of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1 and MCV2) in the South-East
Top 5 Takeaways Global Impact of Measles Vaccination: From 2000 to 2021, measles vaccination averted an estimated 56 million deaths globally. Despite this success, measles vaccination coverage has declined, particularly