The World Health Organization announced that 142,000 people died of measles around the world in 2018, nearly 20,000 more than in 2017.
The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that measles cases were at an all-time record high, with 41,000 in the first half of the year alone.