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A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Centre in New York in March. Photo: Reuters
United States

US at tipping point for return of endemic measles

Low vaccination rates mean the disease, which was declared eradicated in the US, could go back to spreading at high levels, researchers warn.

United States

Second US child dies of measles, almost 650 ill in southern states: officials

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Donald Trump

Trump drops vaccine critic Dave Weldon as nominee to head CDC

United States

Texas doctors fight vitamin A, RFK Jnr over measles treatment

As measles spreads across West Texas, paediatricians are working overtime to contact vaccine-hesitant parents and counter misinformation.

From the ongoing outbreak, Texas has already reported more measles cases in 2025 than in any full year since 1992. Photo: TNS
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong health authorities investigating imported case of measles

Patient is a 38-year-old man who returned from Vietnam and visited Hong Kong Sports Institute last month.

United States

Unvaccinated Texas child dies in measles outbreak, first US fatality in years

Robert F. Kennedy Jnr, the top US health official and a vaccine critic, dismissed the Texas outbreak as ‘not unusual’.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Opinion | Asia has gained some perspective on Covid-19. Europe, US should too

Western governments should be framing a message of caution, not cancelling events, shutting everything down and feeding panic. If markets collapse, poverty will kill more people than the coronavirus.

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A boy reaches for the spring flower buds at the Summer Palace in Beijing, on March 11, as tourist attractions reopen in China. We now know that Covid-19, while serious, is nowhere near as bad as Sars, Mers or Ebola. Photo: Simon Song
Pacific nations

Editorial | Denying the efficacy of vaccines invites disaster

As the South Pacific nation of Samoa has found to its cost, prevention of infectious diseases such as measles is better than cure

Pacific nations

How did Samoa’s measles outbreak start?

Public health experts warn the outbreak is a cautionary tale for nations with vaccination rates below 90 per cent – such as the Philippines, which reported more than 42,000 cases this year.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Measles outbreak at airport over after two months, health officials say

In the 73 cases recorded in the city so far this year, 29 were related to the airport outbreak.

Airline staff queue up for the measles vaccination at Hong Kong’s airport. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Gucci store closes for disinfection after 3 sales staff catch measles

Two saleswoman, both 25, and one salesman, 30, admitted to hospital after catching the highly infectious disease, bring the number of cases in Hong Kong this year to 73.

Harbour City cleaners are disinfecting the mall. Photo: Winson Wong
Disease

Scientology cruise ship quarantined in Caribbean after measles case

134-metre Freewinds is normally based in Curacao and is used for religious retreats.

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Letters | Good reason to test arriving Filipino helpers for measles

Measles tests are necessary to protect both the domestic helpers and those in their care.

Wellness

How is Hong Kong responding to growing measles outbreak in Asia

An outbreak of measles that has infected thousands of people across Asia and continues to spread is sparking concerns in Hong Kong about the preparedness of travellers, especially over the recent Easter holiday.

Airport security staff at the Hong Kong International Airport wear face masks during the measles outbreak. Photo: Felix Wong

Filipino helpers can get measles test at airport but is it discrimination?

Department of Health announces pilot service as Hong Kong records highest annual number of measles cases in a decade but vice-chairman of the Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union says move sends out very dangerous message.

The voluntary scheme aims to provide blood tests to about 200 Filipino helpers coming to Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Measles outbreak: 170 million children unprotected as anti-vax movement surges

Measles has been on the rise globally. More than 110,000 cases were reported in the first three months of 2019, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Parents should know failure to vaccinate children is child abuse

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Measles control requires following best-practice rules

Cautious implementation of the staff vaccination programme by phases reflects prudent use of the tight supply of vaccines and a priority to protect higher-risk patients.

The Hospital Authority’s staff vaccination station at Tang Shiu Kin Hospital in Wan Chai. The programme is being implemented in phases because of the tight supply of vaccines. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Opinion | Don’t allow anti-vaccine movement to spread in Hong Kong

Measles is making a global comeback because of misinformation and ignorance. The Hong Kong government needs to dispel the false claims and ensure all the facts are freely available, to avoid an epidemic in the densely-populated city.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Is Hospital Authority failing to protect pregnant staff amid measles scare?

Everyone understands measles vaccines and test kits are scarce resources, but pregnant women and their fetuses are the most vulnerable group in society. To refuse a heavily pregnant employee a measles antibody blood test is shocking.

Asia elections

Elections in Thailand and Indonesia, and the resurgence of measles in Southeast Asia

Analysing the recent Thai election result, assessing the players and politics driving the Indonesian election, and a look at the Southeast Asian factors behind the recent measles outbreak

Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto at a campaign rally in Bali. Prabowo, who lost to current president Joko Widodo in the 2014 election, was a top military figure in the chaotic months before dictator Suharto was toppled by student protests in 1998. Photo: AFP

Pregnant woman among five more measles cases in Hong Kong

New infections bring number in the city since start of the year to 61.

An illustration showing the structure of the measles virus. Photo: Shutterstock
Disease

Measles outbreak prompts Australia to push education, vaccination

An estimated 93.5 per cent of two-year-olds in Australia have received two doses of measles vaccine.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Latest airport worker with measles brings year’s infection figures to 56

The 30-year-old man, who worked at a restaurant in Terminal 2, developed fever on Thursday and rash the following day.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Measles infections this year hit 55 as another airport worker falls ill

Customer service officer contracted the illness despite a previous vaccination.

The 25-year-old customer service officer contracted the disease despite a previous vaccination. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Four new Hong Kong measles cases confirmed, with one nurse affected

The 20-year-old nurse works in the medical ward of Princess Margaret Hospital, where a radiographer was found to be infected this week. One supplier of vaccines has told the Department of Health there will be a change in the supplies set to arrive in April.

Staff at Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok wearing surgical masks amid the outbreak of measles that has stricken the airport. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Disease

Hong Kong gets 50th measles case, setting a five-year record

Seven more people were found to be infected on Thursday, bringing the total to 50. Two of the new patients, who both worked at the airport, had received three doses of vaccine.

Hong Kong International Airport

Four more fall ill as union calls for measles jab rule to change

Number of cases in Hong Kong rises to 40, almost three times as many as last year, and 19 of those work at the airport.

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