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The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health...

The World Health Organization says cases of measles are continuing to spike globally, with multiple large outbreaks being reported across Africa, Europe, Latin America...

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert advise residents that an international traveler who has been confirmed to...

Officials have announced an end to the measles outbreak that infected 312 people since last October in Rockland County in New York City’s northern...

The nation’s worst measles epidemic in 27 years could be in its final stages as a week went by with no new reported cases. “To...

Last winter a drastic increase in measles cases was documented both in Israel and the United States. According to information that was received by...

A measles outbreak concentrated in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York City is over, meaning an emergency order mandating vaccines will be lifted, health...

This week, about 350 children in the Tosh Hasidic community north of Montreal, Canada, were vaccinated against measles, according to a report by CJ...

The 43-year-old El Al flight attendant who had contracted measles on a flight from New York to Israel in March, was unfortunately Niftar on...

The German government is proposing a measure to make measles vaccinations mandatory for children and employees of kindergartens and schools. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet approved...

There have been a few measles cases in Sullivan County the past few weeks, YWN has confirmed. One of them was a confirmed exposure...

Israel's Ministry of Health has issued a measles alert pertaining the Black Hebrews community located in Dimona, in southern Israel. The ministry explains that this...

RefuahHealth is pleased to kick-off the summer season with a visit from New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD. The Commissioner spoke at...

The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp. Vaccinations have been made mandatory this summer...

The Health Department announced today that it has closed two schools in Williamsburg for failing to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner...

Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews will be making their way to their summer homes and camps in Upstate NY in the next 3...

The NYC Health Department announced Tuesday that it has closed another school in Williamsburg for failing to comply with an Order of the Health...

Health officials say this year’s U.S. measles epidemic has surpassed 1,000 illnesses. It’s already the highest in 27 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

The Sullivan County Public Health Department is notifying the public of possible exposures to individuals who recently tested positive for measles. Sullivan County now...

Senator Felder is sponsoring two no-cost Measles Titers Immunity Tests as part of an ongoing effort to stop the spread of measles. Since October,...

The city's ongoing measles outbreak has spread from Brooklyn into other boroughs, with cases now confirmed in Manhattan and Staten Island, the city's Health...

The Sullivan County Legislature today unanimously approved Public Health Order No. 1 of 2019, which empowers the County’s Department of Public Health Services to...

With the continued measles outbreak in Rockland, County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents of the importance...

The last day of Yom Tov should have been a wonderful ending to a beautiful Pesach in Israel. Instead, it turned into a nightmare...

Israel's Ministry of Health is weighing the cancelation of the measles vaccination program in the nation's schools due to a critical shortage of manpower,...

On Wednesday evening, President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer addressed the rumors, spread earlier in the day on various social media platforms,...

Rockland County Executive Ed Day wrote to President Donald Trump requesting that an Executive Order be issued or laws be passed to require that...

The NYC Health Department announced Monday that it has closed Yeshiva of Central Queens for failing to comply with an Order of the Health...

The NYC Health Department today served closure orders to "Simche Kinder" located in Williamsburg at 812 Myrtle Ave. There are 77 children enrolled in...

Agudath Israel of America, in conjunction with Hatzolah of Borough Park, Flatbush, and Williamsburg, and other community organizations and health care providers, is pursuing...

According to the NYC Health Department, as of today, 466 cases of measles have been confirmed since the beginning of the outbreak last October....

U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25...

Germany’s health minister is proposing fines for parents of school-age children who haven’t been vaccinated for measles amid concern that the highly contagious and...

Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York. As an outbreak of...

As part of their efforts to contain a significant measles outbreak, officials in New York closed more schools, issued more fines and lobbied the...