Measles is on the rise in Canada and poses serious risks to pregnant people and their newborns, yet discussion about how to ...

See related editorial at Pregnant people with measles are at higher risk of pneumonia, hepatitis, and hospitalization and have a 10-fold higher risk of death than those who are not pregnant.[1][2] ...

Pregnant women are "bearing the burden" of the huge measles outbreak in Canada, Dr. Catherine Varner, an expert on emergency ...

Measles cases are rising in Ontario, putting pregnant people and their babies at risk. Experts are calling for better prenatal screening for measles antibodies and urging vaccination before pregnancy.

In pregnancy, complications of measles include secondary bacterial infections like severe pneumonia or hepatitis because of ...

The death of an Ontario infant born prematurely and infected with measles through the mother is raising questions about how ...

Most measles cases in the U.S. come from people not vaccinated who traveled internationally then returned home to the states, the CDC says.

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not ...

Measles will continue to proliferate in the face of subthreshold vaccination rates in Canada, which will put people who are pregnant and their unborn children at risk for the foreseeable future. Thus, ...

The CDC is urging vaccination before international travel due to the increased risk of a measles exposure. Learn how to ...

Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore says an infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died ...

(Julio Cortez/The Associated Press) If people become infected with measles during pregnancy, Choo notes it can also increase the risk of serious complications including miscarriage and premature ...