Measles rates are rising again
Decline in vaccine uptake must be reversed, urgently On 19 January 2024 a national incident was announced in England because of a rapidly growing outbreak of measles centred on the West Midlands.1 Such outbreaks were predicted by the UK Health Security Agency last summer, particularly in London.2 In April 2023, when cases were rising in Europe, Jose Hagan of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, warned that “All countries, including those verified as having eliminated endemic transmission of measles, must be vigilant for possible importation and spread of this highly ...