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Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines
health8/7/2025

The virus is spreading in insular Mennonite communities. But the broader population is vulnerable as vaccine rates have fallen across the Canadian province since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Measles is spreading so quickly in Alberta, Canada, that health officials have stopped publicly releasing information about local exposures in the hardest hit areas and are instead issuing blanket warnings against travel to the northern or southern r... [904 chars]