题目Measles (麻疹),which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more,was nearly wiped out (消灭) in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine (疫苗).But the disease is making a comeback (复发),caused by a growing anti-vaccine mov...
"Spahn should focus on convincing people…instead of forcing them, " the Green politician Kordula Schulz-Asche told Tagesspiegel newspaper. (1) What can we learn from the passage? A.Vaccination against measles has been made mandatory in Germany. B.Parents providing evidence that their children ...
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Teens and adults who have not received the immunization should also get the two-shot vaccination,the agency says. Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are 97 percent effective at protecting a person against contracting measles and 88 percent effective at protecting someone from the...
And this is particularly important for those that are too young to get vaccinated or those who are sick or immunocompromised.If you have specific questions or concern about measles or the timing of the measles vaccinat...
But a growing anti-vaccination movement in the United States has been fueled by parents’ fears that vaccines are not safe for every child. Like Monahan, some worry that the measles vaccine causes autism — a theory that has been thoroughly discredited by numerous scientific studies. ...
"Anytime there's measles in a community, it is a threat," said Saia Ma'u Piukala, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, adding that countries have to maintain high coverage of measles vaccination and strong systems for picking up cases that get imported through international travel....
"Plummeting measles vaccination rates should set off every alarm," Elizabeth Cousens, president and CEO of the United Nations Foundation, said in a statement. "Tens of millions of children are at risk of this deadly, yet entirely preventable disease until we get global vaccination efforts back...
Vaccination exemptions have reached thehighest on record nationwideamong kindergartners, the CDC reported, translating to an estimated 250,000 kindergarten children at risk of measles infection during the last school year. The vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella used in the U.S. — known as...
Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year. For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10·2 billion years of full health ...