Vaccination

Nearly half of Europeans wrongly believe vaccines often cause serious side-effects, according to a poll that comes amid a global rise in measles.

"We all know that there is a huge number of fake vaccinated children. Every mum in the playground knows it. They say ‘All the mothers do it, they just go and bribe the doctor or a nurse’."

A vaccine came too late for his daughter, Olivia.

"This is the epicenter of a measles outbreak that is very, very troubling and must be dealt with immediately," the mayor said at a news conference in Williamsburg.

Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the far-right League party, who opposed mandatory vaccination of children is hospitalised with chicken pox.

With an increase of anti-vaccination posts circulating on social media, Pinterest and YouTube have adopted a zero-tolerance policy for this content.

Cases of measles are on the rise, 159 cases have been reported in 10 states.

WHO said “uneven progress between and within countries” was to blame for the record numbers.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that polio remains a worldwide public health emergency after cases nearly doubled in Afghanistan over the past year.

The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about measles in Europe. But in which countries is the outbreak worst?

Critics say Italy's move to row back on making 10 vaccines mandatory for schoolchildren will take the country back to the Middle Ages. But what do people on the other side of the argument think and why does Italy have a growing anti-vaccine movement?

Half of European countries are vaccinating less than one in three older people against flu.