<div><p>A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international and local health officials say.</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of fearful Ukrainians have refused vaccines for diseases such as ...

<div><p>Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking criticism of parents who did not vaccinate their children.</p><p>Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 last year, data from the Health ...

<div><p>Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking harsh criticism of parents who fail to vaccinate their children.</p><p>Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 last year, data from the ...

<div><p>Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, including Britain frustrating the global drive to eradicate the disease by 2010, a medical journal reported on Wednesday.</p><p>A study conducted by The Lancet said that in 2006-7 most of the 12,000 cases in Europe were found ...