03/12/2025
Contact your local Public Health office if needing to schedule an immunization appointment or in Yorkton, contact Yorkton Public Health at 306-786-0600!
Stay up to date on recommended childhood vaccinations.
Measles is a serious and highly contagious disease. So contagious that if one person has it, 9 out of 10 people around them will catch it if not vaccinated. For most people who get it, it will cause a fever, cough, conjunctivitis and a rash. But for some it can also lead to pneumonia and/or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). For pregnant women, it can also lead to premature delivery, low birth weight or miscarriage. Vaccination against it is almost 100% effective after 2 doses (the MMRV vaccine recommended at 12 and 18 months of age).
You can book an immunization appointment with your local public health office. And if you or your child missed their dose at the recommended age, now is a great time to catch up.
