Sunday, May 15, 2011

Measles outbreaks in UK, Europe, as parents have rejected vaccines

From BBC News:Measles is particularly dangerous in young infants but anyone can get the disease at any time.In the 1990s, experts thought they were close to eliminating measles for good. But now the World Health Organization (WHO) has put back its target date for getting rid of the disease to 2015. But even that seems unlikely.The reason? A measles outbreak which is spreading across Europe,