Tag: Measles

  • More than half of world’s population could face measles outbreak by end of 2024: WHO

    More than half of world’s population could face measles outbreak by end of 2024: WHO

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that if urgent measures are not taken, more than half of the world’s countries may face a measles outbreak by the end of the year.

    During a press conference in Geneva, WHO said that many countries have not been vaccinating against measles this year.“What we are worried about is this year, 2024, we’ve got these big gaps in our immunisation programmes and if we don’t fill them really quickly with the vaccine, measles will just jump into that gap,” stated Natasha Crowcroft, a senior technical adviser on Measles and Rubella.

    She called for urgent action to protect children, saying there was a “lack of commitment” by governments given competing issues like economic crises and conflict.

    According to data from the World Health Organization, last year measles cases worldwide increased by 79 percent.

    Death rates are higher in poorer countries due to weaker health systems, Crowcroft said, adding that outbreaks and deaths were also a risk for middle and high-income countries.

  • Video: Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s confusion over ‘You’ is the best thing you will see today

    Video: Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s confusion over ‘You’ is the best thing you will see today

    Fox News host Laura Ingraham is not generally known to be ‘funny’ but a viral clip from the November 15 episode of ‘The Ingraham Angle’ has grabbed the attention of Netflix’s show YOU fans. The video has generated a lot of laughs although it is obvious Ingraham didn’t realise she was being funny.

    Ingraham was chatting with author Raymond Arroyo, a regular guest on her show, about the supposed popularity of “un-woke” television programming. Arroyo asserted, “There is a reason people are in love with ‘Yellowstone,’ Laura. It is an antidote to the politics and all those woke storylines in so many shows today.”

    Then he added, “I was watching an episode of You, where measles came up.”

    Ingraham interrupted him: “When did I mention measles?”

    Arroyo was referring to the Netflix show You, and he kept repeating the name of the show to clear up the confusion. But Ingraham kept thinking he was talking about her show.

    “We have never done a measles and vaccine episode,” she said. “Is this a joke? I don’t know what you are talking about.”

    “It was on You,” Arroyo repeated. “It was on You.”

    “Raymond, I have never had measles, what are you talking about?” she said. “This is stupid.”

    And it just kept going:

    “It was an episode of a show, Laura.”

    “What’s it called?”

    “You! You! It’s called You.”

    “I’ve never done a show on measles!”

    “It is a show called You on Netflix.”

    “There’s a show called Laura Ingraham on Netflix … what are you talking about?”

    Have a look:

    Penn Badgley, the star of You, even weighed in on the debate on Twitter, writing, “Definitely a bit. His delivery is great tho.”