NYC measles outbreak concentrated in Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods declared over
The measles outbreak, concentrated in Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods in New York City, is considered over. There were 654 cases reported up to today, which is the most in 30 years, according to the report.
Hundreds of Hasidic kids get vaccine after measles outbreak
About 350 children in the Tosh Hasidic community north of Montreal have been vaccinated against measles, after five cases of the disease were confirmed there this summer.
Montreal kosher restaurant on list for measles exposure
Quebec’s Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux has added a kosher restaurant in Montreal to the list of locations where exposure to the measles virus may have occurred.
More than 600 attend measles vaccination clinic
On Sunday, May 26, an alliance of Jewish organizations, working in cooperation with Toronto Public Health, held a vaccination clinic at Bais Yaakov Elementary School in the heart of the Orthodox Jewish community in midtown Toronto. More than 600 members of the Jewish community were vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella in the one-day blitz.
Horowitz: The measles pandemic and anti-Semitism
Sara Horowitz looks at look at how the measles pandemic resonates with a different contagion: anti-Semitism.
Healthy Aging: The unvaccinated hordes
In this month’s Healthy Aging column, Dr. Vivien Brown tells you about the four things everyone should understand about measles.
Measles spike prompts letters from rabbis, government
In the wake of measles outbreaks in Jewish communities in Israel, New York and New Jersey, two separate letters were sent out to parents of students who attend Jewish day schools in Toronto.
