Bangladesh rushes to vaccine children as measles kills 100

Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children. The government in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U.N. children’s agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance began working to vaccinate children age 6 months to 5 years old in high-risk districts Sunday and will expand nationwide in phases from next month. Official data show more than 900 cases of measles have been confirmed among 7,500 suspected cases reported since March 15. Bangladesh's health minister said failures by past governments led to vaccine shortages.