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Mom Whose Baby Almost Died From Measles Advocates for Vaccine
Measles cases surged to 2,465 in 2024 with one child death, prompting UK health officials to urge parents to ensure children receive both MMR vaccine doses.
- This year the World Health Organization stripped the UK of its measles-free status after cases surged to 2,465, mostly in children, with one death recorded.
- Online misinformation on social media, including posts wrongly linking MMR to autism, has influenced parental hesitancy, contributing to falling vaccination rates, as data shows a decline in coverage.
- At 11 months Levi Dale fell ill days before his MMR appointment, suffered seizures and spent six days at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury with sepsis, then had a year of check-ups.
- Health services and grieving families are jointly calling for urgent action, with UK Health Security Agency and NHS urging parents to check vaccinations and Rebecca Archer, mother , urging immunisation after her daughter Renae Archer .
- Outbreaks in late 2023 and the 2024 surge expose gaps in population protection as the United Kingdom measles-free status history shows it was achieved in 2017, lost two years later, and regained in 2021.
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Mom whose baby almost died from measles advocates for vaccine
"I get the fear around vaccinations, but this is what happened to my son."
·Missoula, United States
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