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Not Just #Measles: #WhoopingCough Cases Are #Soaring as #Vaccine Rates Decline. "While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak concentrated in small, dusty towns of West #Texas, cases of #pertussis have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since hitting a recent low in 2021 amid the #COVID19 #pandemic. #Deaths tied to #disease are also up, hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years. Cases are on track to exceed that total this year."

UK battles anti-vax misinformation after child's death france24.com/en/live-news/2025 france24.com/en/live-news/2025 “Health Secretary Wes Streeting on July 14 confirmed to parliament that a child had died in the UK of #measles.

#Antivaxxers quickly posted unconfirmed claims about the death on social media.

An Ontario infectious diseases doctor, Alon Vaisman, told AFP: "You're fighting against the wall of disinformation and lies."

FRANCE 24 · UK battles anti-vax misinformation after child's deathBy France 24
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@the5thColumnist In Canada, yes, but it's not just that.

The small Mennonite communities in northern and central Alberta that have the bulk of the measles outbreaks have been rejecting vaccines (and other modern innovations) for their own reasons for generations before the recent rise of MAGA and the far right.

If we're ever going to reach them, we'll have to tailor our outreach rather than just assuming they're MAGA wackos and bashing them over the head with our standard political-theatre talking points.

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"People talk about vaccine hesitancy and true, people do have questions, they have concerns. But the biggest problem really is about access. Under-immunisation goes hand in hand with poverty,” she said.

Parents being unable to take time off work to get their child to a vaccination appointment, or unable to afford the transport to get there, were regularly cited as reasons why children had not had both doses of the #measles, mumps and rubella jab."

"Wells has seen this outbreak up close, and her experiences trying to stop measles in her county — which Texas removed recently from its list of active outbreaks, along with Gaines County — hold lessons for other communities. She hopes some of her department’s work in mitigating the spread can be a blueprint for public health officials elsewhere who are now recording their first cases."

19thnews.org/2025/07/katherine

The 19th · She helped get rid of measles in her county. This is her advice on stopping its spreadLubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.