Measles

  • Vietnam declares measles outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City

    Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City has declared a measles outbreak amid surging infection cases and three fatalities, local media reported. This is the first time the city has declared a measles outbreak. The city will launch a campaign to supplement measles vaccination for all local children aged one to five, regardless of previous…

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  • NHS official slams Gwyneth Paltrow for risking lives

    The chief executive of Britain’s National Health Service has criticized Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop and her new Netflix series, warning it carries “considerable risks to health.” At an event in Oxford on Thursday, NHS chief Simon Stevens slammed Paltrow’s brand for giving prominence to “quacks, charlatans and cranks” in promoting untested treatments like vampire…

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