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Research Summary
research summary
Research Summary
02/17/2023
Researchers conducted an observational study that examined the likelihood of newborns and infants having measles antibodies passed down from their mothers.
02/17/2023
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
06/10/2022
A 53-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented to our hospital with a 10-day history of rash and fever. He had been clinically diagnosed with chickenpox 1 week earlier at an urgent care facility...
06/10/2022
Public Health
Public Health
04/10/2022
Minal K. Patel, MD, from the World Health Organization, answered our questions about her team’s research on the continued progress toward regional and global measles elimination from 2000 to 2018.
04/10/2022
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MMR Vaccination
MMR Vaccination
05/03/2021
The girl had had rhinorrhea, frontal headache, and watery eyes for 1 week prior to the vomiting, for which she had been treated with loratadine, 5 mg/d.
05/03/2021
Measles
Measles
10/17/2019
The 2019 measles resurgence was a reminder to always stay updated on the latest public health guidelines. Do you know how the CDC recommends to prevent and control measles in health care settings? Find out...
10/17/2019
Infectious diseases
Infectious diseases
08/01/2019
In 1989, low vaccination rates lead to an outbreak of what infection in the United States?
08/01/2019
Measles
Measles
05/29/2019
According to the CDC, how many cases of measles have been reported this year, as of May 24, 2019?
05/29/2019
Measles
Measles
03/14/2019
Reports of measles cases continue to make the news. See how much you know about the infection by taking this quiz based on facts from the CDC.
03/14/2019

Clinical Insights

Public Health
Public Health
04/10/2022
Minal K. Patel, MD, from the World Health Organization, answered our questions about her team’s research on the continued progress toward regional and global measles elimination from 2000 to 2018.
04/10/2022
Measles
Measles
09/27/2019
Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, answers our questions about the lessons learned from the 2019 measles outbreak, how to control the spread of infection, and best practices in infection control.
09/27/2019
Measles
Measles
07/10/2019
William Schaffner, MD, talks about the history of measles, the current outbreak, and the challenges that public health officials face during outbreaks.
07/10/2019
Vaccines
Vaccines
06/11/2019
In this podcast, Patsy Stinchfield, RN, MS, NP, CPNP, CIC, from Children's Minnesota and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, talks about the current measles outbreak, explains what is needed to...
06/11/2019
Travel Medicine
Travel Medicine
06/05/2019
In this podcast, Matthew M. Zahn, MD, speaks about the 2019 measles outbreak, gives an update on knowledge gaps that still exist, and the 3 Cs of measles.
06/05/2019