Many European countries reported substantial increases in measles, a highly contagious viral disease. The WHO warns this might partly be a result of a refusal to vaccinate, despite the availability of vaccines. Seventy-two people died in Europe in 2018 from the disease.
RFE/RL: Deadly measles on the rise (INFOGRAPHICS)
A nurse prepares a syringe for a vaccination against measles as a boy and his father wait in a pediatric polyclinic in Kyiv on Jan. 15, 2018.
