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Measles Cases Soar to Decade High in Europe With 72 Deaths
By Naomi Kresge
February 7, 2019, 7:47 AM EST
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Measles cases soared last year in Europe as gaps in vaccinations at a local level left the virus an open door to kill 72 children and adults, the World Health Organization said.
More than 82,000 people in the European region -- an area stretching from Russia to Iceland and south to Malta -- caught measles in 2018, the most infections in the past decade, the agency said in an emailed statement. The highest infection rates were in Eastern Europe and Israel, while France and Italy reported much higher rates than other Western European countries.
The wave of infections came despite record vaccinations across Europe in 2017. Anti-vaccine sentiment among parents in some localities is part of the problem, the WHO said. The challenge mirrors the situation in the U.S., where recent outbreaks occurred in Seattle and New York communities where parents opted against the preventive shots...
Measles Cases Soar to Decade High in Europe With 72 Deaths
By Naomi Kresge
February 7, 2019, 7:47 AM EST
LISTEN TO ARTICLE 1:41
Measles cases soared last year in Europe as gaps in vaccinations at a local level left the virus an open door to kill 72 children and adults, the World Health Organization said.
More than 82,000 people in the European region -- an area stretching from Russia to Iceland and south to Malta -- caught measles in 2018, the most infections in the past decade, the agency said in an emailed statement. The highest infection rates were in Eastern Europe and Israel, while France and Italy reported much higher rates than other Western European countries.
The wave of infections came despite record vaccinations across Europe in 2017. Anti-vaccine sentiment among parents in some localities is part of the problem, the WHO said. The challenge mirrors the situation in the U.S., where recent outbreaks occurred in Seattle and New York communities where parents opted against the preventive shots...