Experts stress the importance of achieving herd immunity at a community level as Alberta grapples with the measles outbreak / The Edmonton Journal
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 9:21 pm
Health experts warn that Alberta is grappling with a critical measles outbreak, especially among evacuee families displaced by wildfires. Officials are urging parents to vaccinate their infants to build herd immunity and curb the spread, as public health resources strain under simultaneous crisis management.
Provincial health officials are encouraging parents who’ve evacuated due to wildfires to vaccinate their babies for measles, amid another uptick in the number of cases of the highly infectious disease […]
Experts stress the importance of achieving herd immunity at a community level as Alberta continues to grapple with the measles outbreak.
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