| Blog of the Week |
| STOPPING RUBELLA IN ITS TRACKS: CDC WORKS WITH COUNTRIES TO INTRODUCE RUBELLA VACCINE |
| Pop quiz: What vaccine-preventable disease, whose name means “little red”, can cause severe birth defects if pregnant women become infected? If you answered rubella, also known as German measles, you are right. Each year there are thousands of rubella cases around the world, a number that’s made all the more tragic when there is a safe, effective vaccine. And while the number of cases has fallen, the threat remains…read blog |
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| Infographic of the Week |
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| Video of the Week |
| DR. LOU COOPER FIGHTS RUBELLA(courtesy of Measles and Rubella Initiative) |
| In the early 1960s in New York City, Dr. Louis Cooper began to see babies who were deaf, blind, and had heart problems. The cause - the rubella virus. Dr. Cooper not only studied congenital rubella syndrome, he helped the children get housing and care, and successfully advocated for new federal laws to help American children access education and vaccines. Today he continues the fight against rubella, and works with pediatricians around the world to help everyone have access to rubella vaccine…watch video |
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| Story of the Week |
| WHAT CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME (CRS) REALLY MEANS FOR FAMILIES(courtesy of Measles and Rubella Initiative) |
| This is Kawinchida Sawengsri, known as “Chi,” with her daughter, nicknamed “Im”, who is four years old. When Chi was pregnant with Im, she says her husband was ill, and had a skin rash. Some days later she also fell ill with the same symptoms—the classic presentation of rubella. Chi went to the doctor and was told she would be fine. But when Im was born it didn’t take long to realize she had problems with her vision. She had cataract surgery at five months. It also became clear that she couldn’t hear…read story |
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