By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
Health officials in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan have reported (computer translated) a congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) case in a child from Iwaki City. This is the...
By NewsDesk @bactiman63
Austin Public Health is investigating a confirmed rubella case less than a month after confirming the first measles case in Travis County since 1999 – which is also the last...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
In this news video, I take a look at the measles outbreak in Japan. The number of cases is significantly higher than what has been seen in recent years.
I also look...
Last October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the initial travel notice for Japan due to a rubella outbreak.
This week they updated the notice. Since the beginning of the...
Japan continues to report more cases of three vaccine-preventable diseases–measles, rubella and pertussis.
Measles
The measles outbreak in Japan, the largest in a decade, continues as the Japan National...
Officials with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is advising (computer translated) the public to ensure they are vaccinated if traveling to Japan due to outbreaks of measles and German measles...
Michigan state health officials have issued a health alert for attendees of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit due to a possible exposure to rubella, or German measles.
The Michigan...
In 2018, Japanese health officials battled three infectious disease outbreaks of note– the vaccine-preventable diseases of measles and rubella and the sexually transmitted infection, syphilis.
Measles
While...
Health officials in Spain are reporting an outbreak of rubella in the Aragón region in northeastern Spain, according to a local news source (computer translated).
The outbreak that has affected 12...
In a follow-up on the rubella outbreak in Japan, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases now reports 2,454 in 2018 year-to-date. This tops the 2012 outbreak.
Tokyo has seen 834 cases, followed...
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