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Measles is a horrible disease. In old days, measles was called ｢it is fatal｣, and a lot of small children who got measles lost their lives. Fear of measles has not changed still. Having appeared as the most powerful arms that prevents measles is vaccine. Measles like former came never to go around greatly by the favor to which measles vaccine spreads. However, measles attracts attention again recently. In the recent law, a free charge of measles vaccine will be provided to the children only who are over 1 year old. Thus, when the outbreaks of measles occur, small babies who are less than 1 year old often get measles. Moreover, while growing, the effect of the vaccine received at childhood becomes weak gradually, and the number of cases of the junior and senior high school student getting measles has increased recently. In addition, the United States is criticizing that Japan is bringing measles into the United States. Because the United States has responded to measles very severely, nowadays measles has hardly been seen in the United States. Japan Pediatric Society gathering all pediatrists in Japan is putting power in the campaign of Elimination Measles. Please finish it early without forgetting the measles vaccination. |
