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Quelling the spread of measles involves immunization campaigns and public health protocols, but Tina Meggison says it also ...
The virus is spreading in insular Mennonite communities. But the broader population is vulnerable as vaccine rates have ...
Some doctors in Alberta have criticized officials for not declaring a health emergency in the western province where measles ...
Canada is at risk of losing its measles elimination status as an outbreak that started in New Brunswick last year continues to grow.
Health experts are keeping a close eye on the measles situation in Calgary as case counts tick up. And they warn vigilance is ...
Alberta is home to just under five million people, while the United States population is more than 341 million.
Although measles has been declared eliminated in most of the developing countries including Canada since 1998, the country is facing its worst measles outbreak. The number of cases have ...
Now Canada is the only western country listed among the top 10 with measles outbreaks, according to CDC data, ranking at number eight. Alberta, the province at the epicentre of the current outbreak, ...
The spread of measles both between provinces and within is keeping doctors and health officials across much of Canada on ...
Alberta doctors say there is no doubt the measles outbreak in the province is an epidemic, even if the government has not said it is.
The province logged its first death June 5 in a baby who got congenital measles but also had other preexisting conditions. Another outbreak in Alberta, Canada, has sickened 1,472 as of Tuesday. And ...
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national ...