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...alert was instituted Monday, after a student was diagnosed with Rubeola. Symptoms of measles--not to be confused with German Measles, or Rubella--include fever, a runny nose and irriated eyes, followed by a rash on the face and body...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: University Continues Measles Watch | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

Measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, diphtheria, polio. One by one in this century the scourges of youth have fallen before the marvel of vaccines. But there has been no similar victory against the last of childhood's common infectious diseases: chickenpox, or as it is known medically, varicella. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the virus-caused illness strikes about 3 million youngsters each year, approximately as many children as there are babies born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Shot in the Arm for Itching | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...young children, wary of getting yet another shot, the news of the vac cine may not be welcome. But Merck says not to worry. It hopes to combine the chickenpox vaccine with a triple-threat shot already on the market that protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Possible cost of the new four-in-one vaccine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Shot in the Arm for Itching | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...soldiers against malaria. The organization has since taken part in the successful campaign against polio (by pioneering the use of the Salk vaccine), and lessened the threat of rabies (by showing it could be carried by bats). The CDC also conducted nationwide childhood immunization programs for measles, mumps and rubella. Says Director Foege: "Today 5,000 children are running around who would be in their graves if it weren't for these programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting for the Hidden Killers: AIDS | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

Wacker said he did not know the source of the outbreak but suggested it might be related to the large number of rubella cases now in the Boston-Cambridge community...

Author: By Ruth Kogan, | Title: Rubella Bug Hits Hospital At University | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

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