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Thursday briefing: Misinformation, access and cuts – the UK’s measles surge explained

In today’s newsletter: With an alarming rise in cases culminating in the death of a child at Alder Hey hospital last week, urgent solutions to the disease’s resurgence are required.

The Guardian - UK

Scientists reveal the long-term impact of measles on children

New research suggests that measles infection doesn’t just make you ill in the short term; it may also undo years of immune protection

The Independent UK

Measles isn’t just dangerous – it may erase your immune system

Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhoea and even death – measles virus infections, especially in children, can have devastating consequences. Fortunately, we have a safe and effective defence. Measles vaccines are estimated to have averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000 and 2023.

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Why the UK is lagging behind other countries on measles vaccinations

Declining health budgets and the spread of misinformation are putting children in the UK at risk of measles, as Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

Childhood vaccinations lag in Europe, making kids vulnerable to outbreaks of measles, other diseases

Health officials say complacency around routine vaccinations can make it easier for misinformation to take hold.

Euronews

UN says 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year

U.N. health officials reported that more than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year

The Independent UK

UK worst in G7 for MMR jab rates, as 30m children worldwide not fully immunised

More than 14m children globally have not had single routine jab as figures show less than 90% of those eligible in UK had first MMR last year

The Guardian - UK

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Measles death shows nation must ‘redouble’ vaccine efforts, Streeting says

The Health Secretary said ‘no child in this country should be dying of measles’.

Evening Standard

Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us

Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationality

The Guardian - UK

Parents urged to vaccinate their kids after child dies of measles in the UK

The child’s death from measles comes amid an uptick in infections in both the UK and mainland Europe in recent years.

Euronews

Parents urged to get children vaccinated after measles death in Liverpool

Child reportedly died at Alder Hey hospital amid surge of measles cases in city

The Guardian - UK

Child in Liverpool dies after contracting measles, reports claim

The Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has treated 17 children for measles since June

The Independent UK

Child in Liverpool dies after contracting measles – report

The Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust said it has treated 17 children for measles since June.

Evening Standard

‘Measles really is an airplane ride away’: experts warn of outbreak amid summer travel

Cases top 1,297, driven by low immunization, summer travel and vaccine policy shifts under Robert F Kennedy Jr

The Guardian - US

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We Got This Covered

Trump reverses 25 years of progress, reinstates the danger that hounded America for decades

A curse America got rid of years ago.

Euronews

US measles cases reach 33-year high with active outbreaks in 14 states

The US has reported 1,288 measles cases so far in 2025, and outbreaks are ongoing in more than dozen states.

The Independent UK

U.S. measles cases surpass 2019 count, while Missouri is latest state with an outbreak

This year is the worst for measles spread in the U.S. since 1991

The Independent UK

The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades

The U.S. could lose its status of having eliminated measles if the virus spreads nonstop for 12 months

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Fortune

America faces worst measles outbreak since 1992 with low-vaccinated Texas at the epicenter

In total, 38 states and territories have documented cases this year.

The Independent UK

Top NHS hospital on how to help stop rising measles cases

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The Guardian - US

US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak

Milestone comes as health secretary RFK Jr has injected upheaval into US vaccine policy and spread misinformation

The Independent UK

Several children ‘seriously unwell’ amid rise in measles cases as alert issued by NHS

Parents warned to get their children vaccinated as measles drives hospital admissions at Alder Hey A&E

The Texas Tribune

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.

Because their insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations, the family qualified for a variety of options to help lower the cost, but they were not offered assistance.

The Independent UK

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

The Independent UK

Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

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