Health professionals fear vaccine conspiracies and COVID disruptions could be partly responsible for a spike in measles cases ...

Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has attributed a surge in seasonal rubella cases across the country to the large number of children entering 2024 without prior rubella exposure or ...

The South African Department of Health reports a significant rise in rubella cases, particularly among children.

The NICD says a seasonal increase in rubella cases is expected every year, the number of cases in 2024 is higher than in previous years.

Background: Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is associated with several negative outcomes, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The objective of this study was to estimate the numbers of ...

Provincial health departments have assured South Africans that the Rubella outbreak across the country will not be the Grinch that steals Christmas. They have however urged the public to present ...

Infants who received early MMR vaccination before 8.5 months of age exhibited waning protection later in life and blunted antibody responses to subsequent vaccination.

South Africa has had more than 10 000 reported cases of German measles and rubella this year, with children between the ages of five and nine making up more than half of these cases, Cape ...

Immunity gaps created during the Covid pandemic are thought to have led to a spike in rubella cases in 2024. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has seen an increase in rubella ...

A total number of 10,137 positive cases of rubella have been identified in the country between January and November 2024, which is higher than cases recorded last year ...

Pregnant women who are susceptible to rubella are at risk of passing rubella infection to their unborn child, resulting in ‘congenital rubella infection’. Photo: Marjon Besteman/Pixabay.