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Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate rubella

"The Americas region has become the first in the world to be declared free of endemic transmission of rubella, a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as well as fetal death when contracted by women during pregnancy."

This achievement culminates a 15-year effort that involved widespread administration of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) throughout the Western Hemisphere. The announcement comes as 45 countries and territories of the Americas are participating in the 13th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (April 25 to May 2).

(More? Rubella Virus | WOO/PAHO Announcement)

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-| colspan=2|<span style="font-size:150%">'''Three-person embryos'''</span>
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-| '''UK government has voted to legalize a gene-therapy technique that could help women to avoid passing genetic defects onto their children.'''
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+"The Americas region has become the first in the world to be declared free of endemic transmission of rubella, a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as well as fetal death when contracted by women during pregnancy."
-The technique called either "mitochondrial replacement" or "three-person in vitro fertilization" intention is to prevent maternal mitochondrial mutations to be passed on to children. Its estimated that estimated 1 in 5,000 children are born with these type of diseases caused by such mutations.
+This achievement culminates a 15-year effort that involved widespread administration of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) throughout the Western Hemisphere. The announcement comes as 45 countries and territories of the Americas are participating in the 13th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (April 25 to May 2).
-:(More? [[:File:Swapping mitochondrial DNA mammalian oocytes.jpg|Image - Swapping mitochondrial DNA mammalian oocytes]] | [[Template:Mitochondrial Disorders Table|Mitochondrial Disorders Table]] | [[Assisted Reproductive Technology]] | [[Mitochondria]] | [http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-cheer-vote-to-allow-three-person-embryos-1.16843 Nature comment]
-[[Template_talk:Main_Page_News|Older News Articles]] 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine -  [http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2014/press.html Neural Development] | [[Neural_-_Hippocampus_Development|Hippocampus Development]] | WHO - Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990 to 2013 - [[Statistics - Maternal Mortality]] | [http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en WHO Report Page] | WHO polio - [[Abnormal Development - Polio Virus|Polio Virus]] | Trisomy 21 - [[Template_talk:Main_Page_News#March|Genome-wide Effects]]
+:(More? [[Abnormal Development - Rubella Virus|Rubella Virus]] | [http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10798%3Aamericas-free-of-rubella&Itemid=1926&lang=en WOO/PAHO Announcement])
+[[Template_talk:Main_Page_News|Older News Articles]] [[Template_talk:Main_Page_News#February|Three-person embryos]] | 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine -  [http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2014/press.html Neural Development] | [[Neural_-_Hippocampus_Development|Hippocampus Development]] | WHO - Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990 to 2013 - [[Statistics - Maternal Mortality]] | [http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en WHO Report Page] | WHO polio - [[Abnormal Development - Polio Virus|Polio Virus]] | Trisomy 21 - [[Template_talk:Main_Page_News#March|Genome-wide Effects]]
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