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Measles jabs will be offered to airport staff from Friday. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong airport staff offered free measles jabs in bid to prevent outbreak

Three aircraft maintenance workers were recently found to have caught measles.

Bangladesh

Vaccine coverage gaps spur Bangladesh’s deadly measles outbreak

Bangladesh

Video | Measles outbreak spreads in Bangladesh

Indonesia

In Indonesia, US and Canada, ‘online hoaxes’ fuel measles deaths

With over 3,400 confirmed cases and more than 20 child deaths, Indonesia’s outbreaks reflect immunisation gaps and growing vaccine hesitancy.

A healthcare worker administers a measles vaccine to a junior school student in Jakarta on August 4. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

Religious beliefs hinder measles vaccinations in Indonesia amid outbreak

Despite special dispensation by religious leaders, some parents are hesitant to use the vaccines as they contain pork gelatin.

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United States

Opinion | US vaccine sceptics are now in charge. That’s bad news for the world

As RFK Jnr replaces CDC vaccine experts with hand-picked sceptics, at peril is not just US public health but its global scientific authority.

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United States

US at tipping point for return of endemic measles

Low vaccination rates mean the disease, which was declared eradicated in the US, could go back to spreading at high levels, researchers warn.

A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Centre in New York in March. Photo: Reuters
United States

Second US child dies of measles, almost 650 ill in southern states: officials

Texas reported its first measles death, also of a child, in February – marking the first US fatality from the disease in nearly a decade.

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Donald Trump

Trump drops vaccine critic Dave Weldon as nominee to head CDC

The surprise move came hours before his confirmation hearing, making Weldon the first Trump pick to be withdrawn from consideration.

United States

Texas doctors fight vitamin A, RFK Jnr over measles treatment

As measles spreads across West Texas, paediatricians are working overtime to contact vaccine-hesitant parents and counter misinformation.

From the ongoing outbreak, Texas has already reported more measles cases in 2025 than in any full year since 1992. Photo: TNS
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong health authorities investigating imported case of measles

Patient is a 38-year-old man who returned from Vietnam and visited Hong Kong Sports Institute last month.

The infected patient had stayed at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and dined at its restaurant between February 22 and 25. Photo: Edmond So
United States

Unvaccinated Texas child dies in measles outbreak, first US fatality in years

Robert F. Kennedy Jnr, the top US health official and a vaccine critic, dismissed the Texas outbreak as ‘not unusual’.

Coronavirus pandemic

Opinion | Asia has gained some perspective on Covid-19. Europe, US should too

Western governments should be framing a message of caution, not cancelling events, shutting everything down and feeding panic. If markets collapse, poverty will kill more people than the coronavirus.

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Pacific nations

Editorial | Denying the efficacy of vaccines invites disaster

As the South Pacific nation of Samoa has found to its cost, prevention of infectious diseases such as measles is better than cure

Masked children wait to get vaccinated at a health clinic in Samoa where a measles outbreak has infected nearly 4,700 people and killed more than 70, of whom more than 60 were children aged four years or younger. Photo: TVNZ via AP
Pacific nations

How did Samoa’s measles outbreak start?

Public health experts warn the outbreak is a cautionary tale for nations with vaccination rates below 90 per cent – such as the Philippines, which reported more than 42,000 cases this year.

A boy receives a vaccine during a nationwide campaign against measles in Samoa. Photo: Unicef/AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Measles outbreak at airport over after two months, health officials say

In the 73 cases recorded in the city so far this year, 29 were related to the airport outbreak.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Gucci store closes for disinfection after 3 sales staff catch measles

Two saleswoman, both 25, and one salesman, 30, admitted to hospital after catching the highly infectious disease, bring the number of cases in Hong Kong this year to 73.

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Disease

Scientology cruise ship quarantined in Caribbean after measles case

134-metre Freewinds is normally based in Curacao and is used for religious retreats.

The Freewinds cruise ship is docked at the port of Castries, the capital of St Lucia on Thursday. Photo: AP
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Letters | Good reason to test arriving Filipino helpers for measles

Measles tests are necessary to protect both the domestic helpers and those in their care.

Wellness

How is Hong Kong responding to growing measles outbreak in Asia

An outbreak of measles that has infected thousands of people across Asia and continues to spread is sparking concerns in Hong Kong about the preparedness of travellers, especially over the recent Easter holiday.

Filipino helpers can get measles test at airport but is it discrimination?

Department of Health announces pilot service as Hong Kong records highest annual number of measles cases in a decade but vice-chairman of the Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union says move sends out very dangerous message.

The voluntary scheme aims to provide blood tests to about 200 Filipino helpers coming to Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Measles outbreak: 170 million children unprotected as anti-vax movement surges

Measles has been on the rise globally. More than 110,000 cases were reported in the first three months of 2019, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout image obtained by Reuters April 9, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Parents should know failure to vaccinate children is child abuse

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Measles control requires following best-practice rules

Cautious implementation of the staff vaccination programme by phases reflects prudent use of the tight supply of vaccines and a priority to protect higher-risk patients.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Opinion | Don’t allow anti-vaccine movement to spread in Hong Kong

Measles is making a global comeback because of misinformation and ignorance. The Hong Kong government needs to dispel the false claims and ensure all the facts are freely available, to avoid an epidemic in the densely-populated city.

Hong Kong’s immunisation rate is quite high but as an international travel hub, the city is not spared imported measles cases. For Hongkongers, the return of face masks in public is a reminder of the 2003 Sars crisis. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Is Hospital Authority failing to protect pregnant staff amid measles scare?

Everyone understands measles vaccines and test kits are scarce resources, but pregnant women and their fetuses are the most vulnerable group in society. To refuse a heavily pregnant employee a measles antibody blood test is shocking.

Cathay Pacific ground staff wear face masks at check-in counters at the Hong Kong International Airport on March 24, in the early days of the measles outbreak. Pregnant Cathay flight attendants a few days later threatened to go on mass sick leave unless the airline improved its safeguards. Photo: Nora Tam
Asia elections

Elections in Thailand and Indonesia, and the resurgence of measles in Southeast Asia

Analysing the recent Thai election result, assessing the players and politics driving the Indonesian election, and a look at the Southeast Asian factors behind the recent measles outbreak

Pregnant woman among five more measles cases in Hong Kong

New infections bring number in the city since start of the year to 61.

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