The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. [5] As of 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, [4] …

Jan 24, 2025 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to use Samoa’s measles vaccine pause as a "natural experiment" months before a deadly outbreak.

Dec 2, 2019 · Measles is a highly contagious illness that causes coughing, rashes and fever. Although effective and safe vaccination is available, even some developed countries have …

On Oct 16, 2019, the Samoan Ministry of Health declared a measles outbreak, the first Pacific island country to do so in the current global resurgence of measles. 1 As of Jan 22, 2020, …

Ivanajatore was one of 5707 people to have measles in the outbreak that struck the tiny Pacific nation of Samoa at the end of 2019. In just three and a half months, 83 died and 1868 were …

On April 24, 2023, the Ministry of Health of American Samoa reported a measles epidemic after 31 suspected or probable cases and one confirmed case of the illness [1]. An 8-year-old child …

Dec 10, 2019 · Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help …

Dec 24, 2019 · Measles outbreaks are ongoing in four Pacific Islands Countries and areas (PICs; Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, American Samoa), which are diverse in scale and stage of the outbreak, …

Jan 3, 2020 · As of 30 December, four Pacific Islands Countries and Areas (PICs) have announced measles outbreaks: American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The number of …

As of Dec 28, 2019, the outbreak of measles in Samoa had caused 5667 reported infections and claimed 81 lives since its beginning in early September, 2019, 1 the majority of which were …