{"id":7774,"date":"2026-03-07T11:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7774"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:12:36","slug":"why-measles-are-still-a-challenge-experts-warn-vaccination-hesitancy-fuels-europe-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/07\/why-measles-are-still-a-challenge-experts-warn-vaccination-hesitancy-fuels-europe-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Why measles are still a challenge: Experts warn vaccination hesitancy fuels Europe spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Measles remains a major health challenge in Europe, with 127,350 cases reported in 2024, the highest since 1997, despite a slight decline in 2025. Experts warn that the risk of outbreaks persists, in 2025, 8 in 10 of those infected had not been vaccinated. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) stresses that to prevent outbreaks, at least 95% of the population must be vaccinated. The disease is highly contagious and can cause severe health complications, emphasizing the importance of vaccination to protect vulnerable groups and eliminate measles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 11, 2026. <strong>Summary:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2026\/02\/11\/why-measles-are-still-a-challenge-experts-warn-vaccination-hesitancy-fuels-europe-spread\">euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measles remains a major health challenge in Europe, with 127,350 cases reported in 2024, the highest since 1997, despite a slight decline in 2025. Experts warn that the risk of outbreaks persists, in 2025, 8 in 10 of those infected had not been vaccinated. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) stresses that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-pandemics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7981,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774\/revisions\/7981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}