Bangladesh conducts emergency vaccinations as measles outbreak kills over 100 children | Science & Health

Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children in less than a month.

The government, in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U.N. children’s agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance, began working to vaccinate children aged 6 months to 5 years in 18 high-risk districts April 5, a jo