Passive immunization is a method that helps prevent rubella in those who are exposed or susceptible to the disease. In this strategy, ready-made IgG antibodies against rubella are administered.

As the CDC and local health administrators prepare for the likely transmission of mosquito-borne Zika in parts of the continental U.S., some public health officials are looking back to the only other ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a layman, but I disagree with your recent advice about the MMR vaccination specifically for a person without rubella antibodies. I am 73 years old. When I was 18, I caught rubella ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When public health officials make policies about when and how vaccination programs are implemented, they must weigh the benefits and risks of how infectious diseases spread ...

When public health officials make policies about when and how vaccination programs are implemented, they must weigh the benefits and risks of how infectious diseases spread throughout the country.

People who aren’t pregnant can receive the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine up to 72 hours after being exposed to the virus, to prevent infection. But pregnant women cannot get the vaccine; instead, they ...

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that "nearly everybody born before 1957 had measles and mumps (but not rubella)." I was born in the early 1950s, so I fall into this category. A few years ago, at my ...

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Parse Biosciences today announced a strategic collaboration to generate a single cell atlas focused on understanding the diversity of plasmablasts – early ...

The diagnosis of rubella can be made by isolating the virus from the nasopharynx or by means of a positive antibody titer. Elevated rubella immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody indicates current rubella ...

An international team developed a new model, based on a case study of Nigeria, that may help public health officials accelerate the introduction of rubella vaccination in countries that have yet to do ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that “nearly everybody born before 1957 had measles and mumps (but not rubella).” I was born in the ...