U.K. Health Officials Call for Banning Schoolchildren Without Proof of MMR Vaccination
Health officials in London, England are calling for children who have not received MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shots to be banned from attending schools in the United Kingdom as measles cases continue to rise. Emma Best, chairwoman of the London Assembly Health Committee, said students who can’t show proof they have gotten the MMR vaccine […]
What’s Really Going On in South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak?
As of early February 2026, South Carolina remains the center of the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in over 30 years. With 920 confirmed cases and over 90% reportedly occurring in “unvaccinated” individuals, headlines suggest a crisis of vaccine refusal. But beneath the headlines lies a more complex picture—one shaped by data classification, eligibility […]
New Jersey Bill Requires Automatic Enrollment in State Electronic Vaccine Tracking Registry
Lawmakers in New Jersey have approved legislation that would require enrollment in the state’s electronic vaccine tracking registry, unless citizens actively opt out in writing. The bill for an “opt-out” vaccine tracking system, rather than operating an “opt-in” system, comes in response to decreased vaccination rates in recent years and health officials maintain it will […]
Another Texas Child Dies After Recovering from Measles
A licensed Texas physician with significant experience successfully treating measles during the current outbreak is reporting a second tragic death of a chronically ill child who had been previously infected with measles in a Texas hospital. Similar to the recent unfortunate death widely but incorrectly reported as primarily caused by measles rather than complicated by […]
The Science and Politics of Eradicating Measles
In this special report on measles and measles vaccine, NVIC Co-founder and President Barbara Loe Fisher asks, What’s Going On With Measles? and reviews the history of measles and measles vaccine in the U.S. As measles outbreaks are being reported in the U.S. in March 2025, she reveals the facts about the vaccine’s risks and failures […]
Vaccination Rates Decline Worldwide
Vaccination rates have significantly decreased around the world from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, according to a 2023 immunization coverage report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF last month. The report, released on July 14, 2024, is the world’s most extensive dataset on vaccination trends targeting 14 diseases. This report analyzed estimates from 185 […]