Babies who catch measles or flu soon after birth are twice as likely to develop brain cancer, according to a report. It is the first to suggest that particular infections could be associated with ...

Pregnant women who have not been vaccinated may give birth prematurely or have a low-birth-weight baby. As many as 1 in 20 children who contract measles develop pneumonia, the most common cause of ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an alert over a "highly infectious" disease, warning that one infected ...

New South Wales Health has issued a measles alert for western Sydney after a confirmed case in a young child at a hospital emergency department. The case is an infant, who was too young to be ...

The average for COVID-19, in contrast, was two to three people. A baby infected with measles Measles symptoms can include a high fever, cough, runny nose, skin rash and even pneumonia in more ...

In 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the UK had eliminated measles due to the success of the MMR ...

The country experienced an increase in measles cases in some counties after immunisation programmes suffered due to the medical emergency occasioned by Covid-19, leaving unvaccinated children exposed.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an alert over a "highly infectious" disease. Government health chiefs took ...