article_snippet: Measles is now very uncommon in the UK due to the effectiveness of the MMR vaccination, according to the NHS.
article_snippet: In West Africa scientists are warning that hard-to-treat areas that have already been hit by Ebola are now at risk of a measles outbreak.
article_snippet: Ebola derailed child immunisations in  Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, leaving hundreds of thousands more children vulnerable to the more routine infections, researchers said.
article_snippet: Measles epidemics often follow humanitarian crises because 'Measles is so incredibly contagious,' explained Columbia University epidemiologist Justin Lessler, who led the study published in the journal Science. '
article_snippet: Measles is not the only health threat that has been made worse by the Ebola crisis, and may not even be the most dire, but Measles is one we can do something about,' Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Justin Lessler, who led the study published in the journal Science added.
article_snippet: Measles is now very uncommon in the UK due to the effectiveness of the MMR vaccination, according to the NHS .