Measles

The death toll in Samoa from the measles epidemic rose to 60 on Wednesday after five more babies died overnight.

On Thursday the country will shut down for two days so mobile medical teams can visit… Video, Audio

Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.

While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Video, Audio

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.

The family of a 15-month-old Samoan boy denied a measles booster by a South Auckland medical clinic on Monday say their son was given antibiotics for a scratch but denied a vaccine because he was not… Video, Audio

The death toll has now reached 60 in the Samoan measles epidemic. We speak to Siouxsie Wiles about misinformation around vaccines plus reaction to the ODT cartoon.  Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so almost all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

All government branches will… Video, Audio

As the death toll from measles rises to 53 in Samoa, the Samoa government is shutting down its offices on Thursday and Friday to support the mass vaccination programme across the country. In Fiji… Audio

We cross to Radio New Zealand's Checkpoint reporter Alex Perrottet in Poutasi for the latest on the measles outbreak in Samoa, which has now seen more than 3,000 cases reported and at least 44 deaths… Audio

A controversial 'healer' in Samoa, who attacked a Checkpoint crew who tried to talk to him, has been shut down by authorities as the measles crisis escalates. Video, Audio

There's been another death in Samoa's measles epidemic, bringing the toll to 33.

All but four of the deaths are children - under the age of four - including one who died in the past day.

About 200… Video, Audio

A mass-vaccination campaign is underway in Samoa, as authorities struggle to contain an escalating measles epidemic. Audio

In Samoa the measles epidemic has claimed at least another life in the past few days with the death of a one-year-old twin, whose two-year-old brother died five days before her. Audio

Samoa's Director of Health says behavioural and not cultural issues have contributed to the recent deaths of babies in the country. Audio

RNZ's Johnny Blades talks to Kathryn about the fatal measles outbreak in Samoa and in Bougainville's upcoming referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea. Audio

Samoa's Ministry of Health is looking into the death of a two -year-old boy as the number of suspected measles cases in the country climbs. Audio

Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the new findings into how measles can weaken the immune system for years after an infection, the fungus that migrated from the tropics… Audio

Samoa's measles outbreak has been complicated by the 2018 deaths of two babies from an incorrectly mixed measles vaccine, the country's director of health says. Audio

Measles is even more dangerous than doctors had realised, because it destroys immunity that the victim has acquired to other diseases, according to researchers. Audio