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The outbreak is attributed to Samoa's sharp drop in measles vaccination from the previous year. [17] In 2013, 90% of babies in Samoa received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination (MMR) at one year of age. [9] On 6 July 2018 on the east coast of Savai'i, two 12-month-old children died after receiving MMR vaccinations. [8]
American Samoa has declared a public health emergency over an outbreak of measles, forcing the territory’s Department of Education to close all schools until at least May 12, sending 12,000 ...
On December 8, 2019, American Samoa declared an outbreak of measles, after nine positive cases, four of which were suspected of being locally transmitted. [46] As of 6 January 2020, there were over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths, out of a Samoan population of 200,874. [47] [48]
Claim: Kennedy says he had nothing to do with the measles outbreak in American Samoa . Context: The 2019 measles outbreak led to more than 5,700 cases and 83 deaths.
A measles outbreak in Samoa in late 2019 has over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths, out of a Samoan population of 200,000. Over three percent of the population were infected, and a state of emergency was declared from 17 November to 7 December.
Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states so far this year. Cases have been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, mostly ...
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., confronted Kennedy over his 2019 trip to American Samoa, where he allegedly expressed vaccine skepticism months before a deadly measles outbreak.30053-0/abstract) Markey ...
Measles is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality. Worldwide, the fatality rate has been significantly reduced by a vaccination campaign led by partners in the Measles Initiative: the American Red Cross, the