measles

Friday. And an awesome day it is for at least one young Londoner.

How many times does it need saying? There is no evidence that the MMR vaccine causes autism. And yet, with MMR vaccination rates down to 50% in London (it needs to be 95% to ensure ‘herd’ immunity), it’s hardly surprising that figures show a jump …

Eveningsky Standardovich: the Russians are coming. Yelp, the local search community forum thingy, has just launched in London. Lots more measles cases, um, spotted in the capital. Iceland has bought 51 former Woolworths stores, 10 in London. That’s an awful lot of freezers they’ll need. …

If your kids haven’t gotten jabbed yet, now might be the time. The Department of Health has renewed its concerns about children who haven’t received the MMR vaccine. Reported cases of measles have been on the rise, and as a result the number of MMR …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 14th July 1824: On a state visit to London, King Kamehameha II of Hawaii dies of measles. Tuesday – 15th July 1966: A ‘colour bar’ at Euston Station, preventing black people from holding positions where they might come …

In the fall, Hackney had a measles problem. Now, the spots have spread to Lewisham, with 19 cases in January — a third of the 67 cases reported in south-east London. The Health Protection Agency are warning that we’ll be seeing even more sick spotty …