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Rubella, or German measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus. In childhood, it usually causes a mild disease but infection in pregnancy can result in fetal infection, or congenital rubella syndrome, which causes neonatal deaths, deafness, blindness and intellectual disabilities. The first rubella vaccine was licensed for use in 1969 ...
Rubella vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rubella. [1] Effectiveness begins about two weeks after a single dose and around 95% of people become immune. Countries with high rates of immunization no longer see cases of rubella or congenital rubella syndrome .
By two years of age, U.S. children receive as many as 24 vaccine injections, and might receive up to five shots during one visit to the doctor. [4] The use of combination vaccine products means that, as of 2013, the United Kingdom's immunization program consists of nine injections by the age of two, rather than 22 if vaccination for each ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Combined vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella Pharmaceutical compound MMR vaccine MMR vaccine Combination of Measles vaccine Vaccine Mumps vaccine Vaccine Rubella vaccine Vaccine Clinical data Trade names M-M-R II, Priorix, Tresivac, others Other names MPR vaccine AHFS / Drugs ...
Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, [6] is an infection caused by the rubella virus. [3] This disease is often mild, with half of people not realizing that they are infected. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] A rash may start around two weeks after exposure and last for three days. [ 1 ]
1957 – First vaccine for adenovirus-4 and 7; 1962 – First oral vaccine for polio; 1963 – First vaccine for measles; 1967 – First vaccine for mumps; 1970 – First vaccine for rubella; 1977 – First vaccine for pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae) 1978 – First vaccine for meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis)
The risks from giving medications to birthing patients and then testing them for illicit substances have been well documented. A 2022 study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found ...
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