The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. [5] As of 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, [4][6] over three per cent. [7]

Jan 24, 2025 · Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity. New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for ...

Dec 2, 2019 · Measles is a highly contagious illness that causes coughing, rashes and fever. Although effective and safe vaccination is available, even some developed countries have …

4 days ago · Samoa’s top health official has denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary.

On Oct 16, 2019, the Samoan Ministry of Health declared a measles outbreak, the first Pacific island country to do so in the current global resurgence of measles. 1 As of Jan 22, 2020, 5707 measles cases and 83 measles-related deaths (estimated attack rate of approximately 285 cases per 10 000 population) have been reported. 2 87% of deaths ...

Ivanajatore was one of 5707 people to have measles in the outbreak that struck the tiny Pacific nation of Samoa at the end of 2019. In just three and a half months, 83 died and 1868 were admitted to hospital.

In 2019, a significant measles outbreak emerged in American Samoa. Samoan Ministry of Health was the first of Pacific island nation to declare an outbreak of Measles on October 16, 2019 admist of the global measles resurgence.

Jan 30, 2025 · In 2019, a devastating measles outbreak erupted in Samoa. Eighty-three people, most of them children, died. Another 5,000 contracted the disease. In total, around 3% of the small island’s...

Nov 14, 2024 · In 2023, the occurrence of positive measles IgM test results for two vaccinated children in American Samoa led to suspicion of a measles outbreak and resulted in declaration of a public health emergency and a mass vaccination campaign to improve coverage.

Jan 28, 2025 · Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as his health policy chief.