All news on the topic: Measles

Professor Saphire, of the Scientists working to develop the measles vaccine, has said: 'Measles causes more childhood deaths than any other vaccine-preventable disease, and it's also one of the most infectious viruses known'

The rise of Victorian-era diseases in the UK is 'extremely concerning' and fuelled by the cost of living crisis, one of the country's leading public health experts warns

There have been more than 1,500 reported cases of measles so far this year, and one GP has identified the key symptoms to look out for and how to treat the illness

GPs in England and Wales have diagnosed more than 600 suspected cases of the highly contagious virus in three weeks. The NHS has explained some of the key symptoms

Health officials are warning travellers to check if they’ve been vaccinated - after a tourist travelling in Europe caught measles and travelled back home with it

Passengers and crew on board Ryanair flight FR123 between Gatwick and Dublin at 8.10pm last Thursday may have been exposed to the contagious illness, the Health Service Executive says

Ava Hodgkinson, from Southport, Merseyside, was just two when she died after contracting Strep A, a bacterial infection, alongside her older brother and sister, an inquest heard

Passengers were told to stay in their seats when Jet2 flight LS302 landed at Belfast International Airport from Alicante after a passenger began showing symptoms of chickenpox

A measles outbreak has been confirmed in England with already more than three times the amount of cases so far in 2024 than there were for the whole of 2023, according to the UKHSA

A single dose of the measles vaccine is up to 2.6 times more likely to be "completely ineffective" in youngsters born by C-section, compared to those born naturally

More than 2,700 cases of whooping cough have been reported across England so far in 2024 – over three times the amount recorded in the whole of last year, as health officials confirmed five babies in England have died

England has seen more than double the cases of measles in the first four months of this year than in the whole of 2023, as experts warn figures will rise if vaccine uptake doesn't increase

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an alert for a tropical disease which holidaymakers have been returning to the UK infected with. Malaria cases have seen a sharp rise over the last 12 months

Georgia House says her daughter was left 'struggling to breathe' after she contracted measles during a hospital stay - she was also covered in a 'blotchy' rash

Georgia House, 29, spent five days in London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with five-month-old Margot after she caught the highly contagious infection measles

A "very low" number of vaccinated people is believed to be partly behind a rise in the number of confirmed cases of Measles in London over the last week

Dozens of measles cases continue to be recorded across the UK with clusters the West Midlands and London driving the increase - parents are being urged to look out for symptoms

A measles cluster has been reported in the North West - find out the most common measles systems here as health officials urge parents to vaccinate their children

Rebecca Archer, from Salford, lost her 10 year old daughter Renae last September. Renae caught measles as a baby when she was too young to be vaccinated

An expert has shared their opinion on a number of childhood diseases and how concerned parents may be able to deal with them, with simple over the counter medicines

The NHS is urging parents to take their children for the MMR vaccine amidst a steep rise in measles cases across the UK. Health experts have shared the warning signs of the disease

NHS England is inviting almost a million 19 to 25-year-olds from infection epicentres for jabs. Data shows 733 cases from October to March, with the real number probably much higher

The number of measles cases in England continues to rise with a further 83 people confirmed to have the highly contagious disease in the last week alone. Any child who hasn't been vaccinated is at higher risk

The number of cases of whooping cough has surged, with 553 confirmed in England in January of this year alone - compared to 858 cases seen throughout the whole of 2023

Infections of serious diseases like measles and whooping cough have been spiking in England this year and now a hard-hitting campaign has been launched to get children vaccinated