Health Risk of measles increases in the USA due to falling vaccination rates
In the USA, falling vaccination rates among children could lead to diseases such as measles becoming more common again and persisting. The risk of severe outbreaks could increase - even in regions where measles was previously largely under control.
27.04.2025, 07:08
SDA
This is the finding of a new study by researchers from the Stanford Medicine Institute and other universities, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The researchers used a computer model to simulate how measles, rubella, polio (polio) and diphtheria would spread under different vaccination conditions.
Data on population development, existing immunity in the population and the risk of infectious diseases being introduced were taken into account. "If vaccinations were to decrease by just ten percent today, measles cases would rise to 11.1 million in the next 25 years," predicts Mathew Kiang, lead author of the study.
