A series of tweets from various sources including health organizations, news outlets, and individual reporters highlight a growing concern over measles outbreaks across the United States and Canada. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on a measles outbreak in Illinois and discussed other health topics in their weekly briefing. Additionally, cases of measles have been reported in Chicago, Nassau County, Lake County, Illinois, and an unvaccinated child in Long Island. The World Health Organization has issued a global warning about the risk of measles outbreaks due to significant gaps in immunization programs. This comes amid reports of vaccine shortages in Canada, which has led to a spike in demand for the measles vaccine. Public health officials and experts are alarmed by the decline in routine vaccinations, attributing the resurgence of preventable illnesses like measles to the anti-vaccine movement. Houston is under a health advisory for meningococcal meningitis, and in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), one measles case has led to contact tracing of 2,000 individuals.
The World Health Organization issued a global warning pointing to big gaps in immunization programs putting more than half of the world's countries at high or very high risk of #measles outbreaks by the end of the year. https://t.co/ACWhAWzkR4
First measles case reported in Lake County, Illinois, health department says https://t.co/cFhCPMJMsx https://t.co/p7ZxB9L4C7
"Houston is under a health advisory for meningococcal meningitis — a disease vaccines can prevent — and elsewhere, measles is surging," writes Terri Burke, executive editor at The Immunization Partnership. https://t.co/mbHmOf5pwo
“This is a measles investigation,” said Trivedi, “and we want to be in touch with all people that were contacts of this case.” https://t.co/ydIaou8UHV
Confirmed case of measles in unvaccinated child on Long Island: New York State Department of Health https://t.co/P7pGb4P9oO
1st measles case reported in Lake County, Ill. https://t.co/YiSHWb4Ejc
One measles case, 2,000 contacts. Inside the fight to stop an outbreak in the GTA https://t.co/OA0BhomfZh
The anti-vaccine movement puts our kids in danger (Opinion) https://t.co/sEA3J5txhr
Case of measles reported in Nassau County https://t.co/2LWsNMmq2H https://t.co/nd1navjlNn
The Chicago Department of Public Health reported two more measles cases in the city on Friday. https://t.co/YKZ4cOKvKp
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A growing number of measles cases in the U.S. has experts worried about how a decline in routine vaccinations could bring back preventable illnesses https://t.co/ym89GFei4E
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My story for last night's @CBCTheNational on #measles vaccine shortages in Canada amid a spike in demand, and why doctors and travel clinics are on alert: https://t.co/4xHczYF9Pj