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news Npr World 2026-05-28

Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh Claims Over 500 Lives

Bangladesh is urgently working to vaccinate more children amidst a severe measles outbreak that has tragically resulted in over 500 deaths, predominantly among children. The country is racing to contain the disease's spread.


Bangladesh is scrambling to vaccinate more children amid a measles outbreak that has killed more than 500 people, most of them children. <p>Bangladesh is scrambling to vaccinate more children amid a measles outbreak that has killed more than 500 people, most of them children.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5836674" />

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