Rubella is mostly a medical curiosity in the developed world today. Vaccines have eradicated the virus in the Western Hemisphere, and many doctors have never seen the disease outside of textbooks. Now ...

The number of rubella infections is rising in India. Rubella infection is transmitted from a pregnant woman to foetus, thus resulting in babies born with various diseases. It is a contagious, but ...

A new study carried out by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a historic milestone has been crossed – over 50% of the world’s babies are ...

Rubella, also known as German measles, is an acute viral infection that usually affects children and young adults. It is a contagious condition that can be transmitted between humans via airborne ...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has urged employers in the private sector to host immunization initiatives in ...

First we wiped out smallpox in North and South America. Then we rid the Americas of polio. Now, for the third time, the Americas are the first region in the world to eliminate yet another disease ...

A team of researchers, including two from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has solved a long-running biological mystery, reporting the discovery of the first two viral relatives of rubella, also ...

Enugu State's vaccination campaign has successfully immunized 1.5 million children against measles and rubella, aiming for ...

“Oh, we’re not planning to vaccinate.” These are the words a friend says to me in the midst of a conversation about their impending child. “How come?” I ask, trying to keep my voice light and airy.

As scientists struggle to understand the threat posed by Zika virus, there's another viral infection that's a known danger in pregnancy and that harms 100,000 babies a year, even though it has been ...

The purpose of this paper is to report specific rubella-virus hemagglutination and the development of a hemagglutination-inhibition test for antibody assay. The WI-2 line of baby-hamster-kidney cells ...