Measles
Parents notified of exposure risk after Ichilov neonatal ward guard tests positive for measles
The Health Ministry has been working with the hospital to identify and contact any affected families to provide preventive care and check their immunization status.
Unvaccinated child dies of complications from measles disease, 15th death since outbreak started
Unvaccinated baby dies of measles in 15th case since outbreak began, Health Ministry says
Measles outbreak at Texas ICE facility leads to full quarantine
Maryland reports third case of measles
The recent outbreak of Measles follows a person visiting the US from Israel.
39 measles cases in Detroit area linked to haredi traveler
The Israeli had visited synagogues, businesses and yeshivas before the Purim holiday after arriving from New York, where there is a measles outbreak in some Orthodox Jewish communities.
Bus driver refuses to stop for haredi Brooklyn man over measles outbreak
“The measles outbreak should not be used as an excuse for antisemitism,” the group said in a tweet.
Measles feared in maternity ward after infected father visits newborn
The father had no idea he received only one inoculation as a child. Authorities are warning those born between 1957 through 1977 to double check if they are properly vaccinated.
Bus driver refuses to stop for haredi man in NY over measles outbreak
The man said that the bus driver drove past the stop in the largely Orthodox-populated neighborhood of Williamsburg last week but that he caught up with it after it got stuck in traffic.
Parents oppose mandatory measles vaccines in Jewish NYC neighborhood
According to the estimations of the city, about 1,800 children were not immunized as of December.
NYC mayor declares emergency after Haredi measles outbreak in Brooklyn
New York yeshivas have violated Department of Health orders to keep out infected students multiple times since the outbreak began.
Israel’s measles outbreak began in Uman, Ukraine
Tens of thousands of Jews gather in the central Ukrainian city each year on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, near what many believe is the burial site of Rabbi Nachman, an 18th-century luminary.
Measles case found on El Al flight from New York to Tel Aviv
Last week, health officials and local Jewish institutions warned about an outbreak of measles in the Detroit area that has been linked to a person who was visiting from Israel.
The reason why Orthodox communities are the center of measles outbreak
Almost all of the 400 kids in the school Rabbi Mordechai Shainruns, from 3 months old to eighth-grade teens, are vaccinated. About eight or 10 are not.
