Global Analysis: "Signs of Measles Flare-Up"
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For decades, the disease was considered to have been suppressed, and now infections and deaths are rising sharply again. Experts warn of the consequences of falling vaccination rates – even in wealthy states.
Vaccine skepticism in the developed countries of the world as well as arbitrary interventions in immunization programs, for example in the USA, lead to a drastic increase in the spread of measles. In 2023 alone there were around 118,000 deaths. This resulted in a new analysis for 204 states of the world, which recently appeared in "Nature Medicine".
More than 15.6 million people worldwide fell ill with measles in 2023, and 118,000 died from the infection. The sharp deterioration in the situation comes after years of progress in containing the disease and is mainly related to declining vaccination coverage and increasing hesitation to get vaccinated, according to an international study covering 204 countries and published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Vaccine scepticism in the developed countries of the world as well as arbitrary interventions in immunization programs, for example in the USA, lead to a drastic increase in the spread of measles. In 2023 alone there were around 118,000 deaths. This resulted in a new analysis for 204 states of the world, which recently appeared in "Nature Medicine".
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