Philippines Declares New Polio Outbreak After 19 Years

twocows writes: Philippine health officials declared a polio outbreak in the country on Thursday, nearly two decades after the World Health Organization declared it to be free of the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said at a news conference that authorities have confirmed at least one case of polio in a 3-year-old girl in southern…

Over 20 Million Children a Year Miss Out on First Dose of Measles Vaccine

Over eight years to 2017, a Unicef report found, nearly 170 million children worldwide failed to receive the first of two doses. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/world/europe/measles-vaccine-children.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…