US measles cases top 2,000 in just 5 months

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Manitoba still measles hot spot with 48 cases confirmed in May
Manitoba had almost 600 confirmed measles cases in the first five months of this year, provincial health officials say, as the province remains Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-data-update-june-5-9.7224989?cmp=rss

Poison centers in the U.S. observed a 38% increase in Vitamin A poisonings in February and March 2025 after government and other statements about treatment of measles with Vitamin A.

Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-vitamin-poisonings-rose-measles-misinformation.html

Original paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2849740

#Measles #VitaminA #Poisoning

Vitamin A poisonings rose almost 40% as measles misinformation spread in 2025

There can be too much of a good thing, and that has been the case with Vitamin A in the U.S.. A recent study in JAMA Network Open has found that between January and March 2025, America's Poison Centers reported a 38.7% increase in vitamin A exposures during the measles outbreak across many states.

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Attached: 2 images Virginia measles cases surge past 70, concentrated in Central Virginia  https://virginiamercury.com/2026/06/04/virginia-measles-cases-surge-past-70-concentrated-in-central-virginia/

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Maintaining elimination of pathogens is an ongoing challenge. Since Trump part 2, we're going to lose our #measles elimination status & now we have screwworm back in the country, eliminated for 60 years. This is what happens when you deny basic science & destroy programs to control disease.

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Calgary medical clinic site of potential measles exposure, province says
The province says the exposure happened at a clinic in the Westhills area back on May 11. Anyone who may have been there in a two-hour timeframe in the late morning may be exposed.
#Health #Albertahealth #AlbertaMeasles #measles
https://globalnews.ca/news/11889526/calgary-medical-clinic-site-of-potential-measles-exposure-province-says/
Calgary medical clinic site of potential measles exposure, province says
The province says the exposure happened at a clinic in the Westhills area back on May 11. Anyone who may have been there in a two-hour timeframe in the late morning may be exposed.
#Health #Albertahealth #AlbertaMeasles #measles
https://globalnews.ca/news/11889526/calgary-medical-clinic-site-of-potential-measles-exposure-province-says/
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Slanders Immigrants, Blaming Them for Infectious Disease Outbreaks | Defend Public Health

Decades of research show no link between modern migration and the spread of infectious disease to host populations, but that didn't stop RFK Jr from blaming immigrants for communicable diseases in his testimony to Congress. His falsehoods increase stigma, discrimination and healthcare barriers faced by immigrants and refugees.

Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates • Lincoln Chronicle

Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates

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