Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US

Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks

Dr. Hector Ocaranza knew El Paso would see measles the moment it began spreading in West Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Health authorities have reinforced measles vaccination in Chihuahua, where an outbreak originating in Texas has caused hundreds of infections. Contagion originated in mid-February, and the first case was documented in an eight-year-old boy without vaccines from a Mennonite community who had traveled from Texas to visit family members.

'Diseases know no borders': Measles spreads with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and U.S.

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

'Sharp rise' in Ontario measles cases with 223 new infections since last week

TORONTO — Public Health Ontario is reporting 223 new measles cases since last week as the spread in its southwestern region grows. That brings the total number of people infected in the province to 1,243 since an outbreak began in October.

The number of measles cases in Ontario associated with an outbreak that began last October jumped to 1243, an increase of 223 in the last week.

Malaga registers seven more cases of measles and a hospital outbreak in Vélez

A patient from the Hospital de La Axarquía arrived infected and the authorities are waiting to confirm the positive results of the two doctors who treated him