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| 2025 |
Measles
U.S. measles outbreak occurs, with children presenting at hospitals experiencing both measles and hypervitaminosis A due to parents preemptively administering vitamin A supplements or cod liver oil as a protective measure.
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| February 26 2025 |
Measles
The first measles death since 2015 was reported, involving an unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas during an ongoing outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. The confirmed cases in this outbreak totaled 124, mostly affecting children ages 5-17.
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| 2024 |
Measles
Measles outbreak declared in the Bangsamoro region of the Philippines with at least 592 cases and 3 deaths.
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| November 2024 |
Measles
WHO and CDC reported a 20% increase in measles cases, with approximately 10.3 million cases globally, and nearly half of major outbreaks occurring in Africa where deaths rose by 37%.
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| March 11 2024 |
Whooping cough
CDC reports over 16,000 whooping cough cases, a fourfold increase from the previous year's total of 3,700 cases, with two confirmed deaths.
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| February 2024 |
Measles
WHO reported more than half of the world at risk of measles outbreak due to COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions in vaccination campaigns.
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| November 2023 |
Chickenpox
The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that all children be given the chickenpox vaccine at ages 12 months and 18 months, though implementation was not yet confirmed.
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| 2022 |
Pediatric intensive care unit
A significant shortage of pediatric ICUs occurred in the United States during the 2022–2023 pediatric care crisis.
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| 2022 |
Measles
Estimated 136,000 measles deaths globally, mostly among unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children under 5 years old.
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| 2022 |
Menarche
Release of two media works exploring themes around menarche and puberty: the animated series episode of 'Baymax!' and the movie 'Turning Red'.
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| 2021 |
Fish oil
Fish oil became the 283rd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with over 700,000 prescriptions issued.
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| August 2021 |
Growth hormone therapy
Lonapegsomatropin received approval for medical use in the United States, providing a new treatment option for growth hormone deficiency.
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| August 2020 |
Growth hormone therapy
Somapacitan-beco (Sogroya) became the first once-per-week subcutaneous human growth hormone therapy approved in the United States.
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| 2019 |
Pediatric intensive care unit
AAP issued new guidance and recommendations, reclassifying PICU types from level-based system to community-based, tertiary, and quaternary/specialized PICUs, reflecting the growing complexity and specialization of pediatric critical care.
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| 2019 |
Measles
The United Kingdom, Albania, the Czech Republic, and Greece lost their measles-free status due to ongoing disease spread.
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| 2019 |
Measles
Measles outbreaks were simultaneously occurring in multiple African countries, including Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Sudan.
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| 2019 |
Measles
1,282 individual measles cases were confirmed across 31 states in the United States, the highest number of cases since 1992. 128 people were hospitalized, and 61 reported complications including pneumonia and encephalitis.
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| 2019 |
Measles
The Democratic Republic of the Congo suffered a massive measles epidemic spreading to all provinces, causing nearly 5,000 deaths and 250,000 infections, predominantly affecting children under five years old. The World Health Organization identified this as the world's largest and fastest-moving epidemic.
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| 2019 |
Measles
Philippines measles outbreak resulted in 23,563 reported cases with 338 fatalities.
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| December 7 2019 |
Measles
Samoa lifts the state of emergency, having conducted a vaccination campaign that raised the measles vaccination rate from 31-34% to an estimated 94% of the eligible population.
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| November 2019 |
Measles
Over 413,000 global measles cases reported, with an additional 250,000 cases in DRC.
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| November 17 2019 |
Measles
Samoa declares a state of emergency due to a severe measles outbreak, with over 5,700 cases and 83 deaths affecting over 3% of the country's population.
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| June 2019 |
Measles
In the first 6 months of 2019, 90,000 measles cases occurred in Europe.
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| May 2019 |
Measles
Measles outbreak among Malaysian Orang Asli Batek people in Kelantan state caused 15 deaths from the tribe.
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| April 2019 |
Measles
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency due to a significant increase in measles cases, with 285 cases in Brooklyn in 2018 compared to only two cases in 2017.
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| March 2019 |
Measles
Measles cases in the first three months were 300% higher than the same period in 2018, with outbreaks in every world region.
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| January 2019 |
Measles
Measles cases first reported in Washington state, with an outbreak of at least 58 confirmed cases, mostly in Clark County, leading Governor Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency.
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| 2018 |
Measles
Madagascar experienced a severe measles outbreak resulting in over 115,000 cases and more than 1,200 deaths.
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| 2018 |
Measles
Globally, 142,300 measles-related deaths reported, with most cases from African and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
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| 2018 |
Measles
Reported measles cases in the European region increased 3-fold to 82,596 across 47 countries, with 72 deaths. Ukraine had the most cases at 53,218.
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| 2018 |
Measles
Brazil experienced measles outbreaks in the states of Amazonas and Roraima, with additional cases in Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Pará, São Paulo, and Rondônia, totaling 1,053 confirmed cases by August 1st.
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| 2018 |
Whooping cough
Over 151,000 global cases of pertussis were reported worldwide.
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| 2018 |
Low birth weight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 313,752 low birth weight infants in the United States, representing a prevalence of 8.28% and very low birth weight (VLBW) prevalence of 1.38%.
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| November 2018 |
Fish oil
Fish oil triglycerides became available to patients on the US market by prescription.
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| October 2018 |
Measles
A measles outbreak began in Brooklyn, New York, with more than 200 reported cases continuing through February 2019, primarily affecting the Orthodox Jewish community.
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| October 2018 |
Rubella
The World Health Organization declared Australia rubella free, highlighting the success of global immunization efforts.
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| July 2018 |
Fish oil
Fish oil triglycerides received approval for use in the United States by medical authorities.
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| 2017 |
Measles
Measles cases in Europe increased to 21,315, with 35 deaths recorded.
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| 2017 |
Measles
A comprehensive review of measles transmission rates revealed a wide reproductive number range of 3.7 to 203.3, expanding previous understanding of the disease's contagiousness.
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| 2017 |
Measles
Beginning of a period where measles disease and death rates increased due to a decrease in immunization.
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| June 2017 |
Measles
Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory confirmed the first case of measles in the state in 20 years, occurring in Franklin County.
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| 2016 |
Measles
Measles was declared eliminated from the Americas, with Brazil winning a measles elimination certificate from the Pan American Health Organization.
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| August 2016 |
Measles
Measles outbreak in the Naga Self-Administered Zone in Myanmar resulted in at least 40 children's deaths, likely due to lack of vaccination and poor health infrastructure.
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| April 29 2015 |
Rubella
The Americas became the first WHO region to officially eradicate rubella, with the last non-imported cases occurring in 2009 in Argentina and Brazil.
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| 2014 |
Measles
Global vaccination efforts reduced measles deaths to 73,000, a substantial decrease from previous decades.
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| October 2014 |
Measles
A measles outbreak in Berlin, Germany resulted in at least 782 cases between October 2014 and March 2015.
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| May 30 2014 |
Measles
Vietnamese measles epidemic escalated to 21,639 suspected cases with 142 measles-related fatalities.
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| April 19 2014 |
Measles
Vietnamese measles epidemic reported 8,500 cases with 114 fatalities as of this date.
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| January 22 2014 |
Rubella
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization declared and certified Colombia as the first Latin American country free of rubella.
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| 2013 |
Measles
Almost 10,000 measles cases were reported across 30 European countries, with most cases occurring in unvaccinated individuals.
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