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The full two-dose measles, mumps and rubella vaccine provides 97% protection against the virus, and it’s first administered around the child’s first birthday and again at 4 to 6 years old.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Advertisement Public health officials have stressed that the best way to protect against measles is to get vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is typically administered in childhood in two doses.—Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 The department started funding state-level programs to help deafblind students more than 40 years ago in response to the rubella epidemic in the late 1960s.—Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2025 Ratner notes that acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill has suggested breaking up the standard measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three separate shots, which Ratner says is neither feasible nor is it backed by data.—Maria Godoy, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubella
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Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, feminine of rubellus reddish, from ruber red — more at red
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