Ontario’s first measles death in decades offers grim reminder that unvaccinated kids are at risk [Video]

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An Ontario child’s death from measles this year offers a grim reminder: When vaccination rates drop and this virus rears its head, the youngest among us bear the brunt.

Public Health Ontario (PHO) reported the recent death of a child under five on Thursday. The child, from Hamilton, was one of five unvaccinated kids who fell ill and ended up in hospital this year, with 22 cases of measles in total reported so far across the province.

That means, in mere months in 2024, Ontario has hit nearly a quarter of the roughly 100 measles cases documented in the entire decade beforehand. And PHO said this year’s death marks the province’s first deadly case since 1989 — …