Photographer: Measles was the worst experience of my life

Photographer: Measles was the worst experience of my life

Photographer Annika Metsla, who contracted measles while traveling in Morocco, said the disease was the worst experience of her life. Vaccination rates have fallen in Estonia in recent years.

Utah sees measles vaccination bump as outbreak spreads in nearby states • Utah News Dispatch

Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy on Jan. 26, 2015. (Photo by Illustration Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)There have been more U.S. measles cases in three months of 2025 than the whole past year. As of Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 301 confirmed measles cases and two deaths in 15 states amid lower vaccination rates in kindergarten-aged children.  …

As anti-vaccination sentiment spreads around the world, diseases that have been on the shelf for decades are making a comeback. Measles is currently rampant in America, but there was also a measles outbreak in northern Morocco at the end of January with 3,000 cases, and that's where wedding photographer Annika Metsla caught the virus. Her previous vaccine had lost its effectiveness.