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Measles is often characterised by a rash that spreads across the body.

Revealed: Why measles is circulating undetected in Sydney

The highly contagious virus has been detected in three people whose infections could not be traced to known exposure sites and who had not recently travelled overseas.

  • Kate Aubusson

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Tiffany Mather’s baby, Taylen, now 14 months, contracted measles on a flight home from Bali.

Taylen came back from Bali with a sniffle. Then things got much worse

NSW is on track to record its highest number of measles cases in a decade if transmission of the highly contagious disease is not contained.

  • Angus Thomson
A measles case.

Measles risk continues to increase as more cases identified

Sydneysiders are urged to be on the lookout for symptoms of measles, after two more cases were identified on Saturday.

  • Ellie Busby
Catherine Huges.

Parents are paying $2500 to falsify vaccine records. It’s endangering babies like Riley

Australian parents are boasting about paying anti-vaccine nurses to falsify Medicare records of their children, putting lives at risk, an investigation has revealed.

  • Kayla Olaya
A patient who visited Caboolture Hospital’s emergency department across two days last week has been confirmed to have measles.

Measles alert issued for inner-city and north of Brisbane

One person infected with measles caught a train to Brisbane’s airport, while another went to a hospital emergency department.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Logan Hospital (pictured) has been added to the list of potential measles exposure sites following a concert in late October.

New case identified in Jelly Roll measles cluster

A fourth case of measles from a concert held at Boondall in late October was confirmed on Sunday, with communities warned it may take weeks for symptoms to show.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Julius Dennis
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The measles sufferer (not pictured) visited, from left, Mooloolaba; West Village in West End and Brisbane Airport domestic arrivals.

Measles alert issued for Brisbane and Sunshine Coast

Queensland Health has provided a list of 11 locations in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast visited by the infected traveller.

  • Cameron Atfield
Susan Monarez and Robert F Kennedy JR

Vaccines, vitamins and a fatal shooting: Five big collisions between RFK and CDC scientists before director was fired

The White House has ousted the head of the top US health agency after she refused to resign. It’s not the first clash between Kennedy and his experts.

  • David Ovalle and Victoria Bisset
The traveller arrived in Brisbane Airport last Tuesday while unknowningly infectious.

Measles alert issued south of Brisbane after traveller tests positive

A measles alert has been issued for communities south of Brisbane after a traveller retuning from Bali returned a positive test.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Measles is often characterised by a rash that spreads across the body.

‘A catastrophe of a disease’: Doctors sound alarm on spread of measles

Victoria is in the grip of its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as health experts brace for a rise in local transmission after the school holidays.

  • Henrietta Cook