MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS “Even if Manitoba doesn’t get a big measles epidemic this year, you know, as these trends continue, we can eventually expect one,” said Dr. Peter Hotez.

The Free Press: Measles cases on the rise in Manitoba

May 8, 2025 —

A spike in measles cases in Manitoba, including several in the Interlake not connected to an infected person, “increases the level of concern,” Southern Health’s medical officer says.

“Things are changing very quickly,” Dr. Davinder Singh, assistant professor of community health sciences at the University of Manitoba, said Wednesday after the new cases popped up in the Interlake. “Up until recently, we could basically track everything back, but now we’ve had some cases where that’s not the case.

“There’s no known specific exposure to one of our exposure sites listed or to a person that they knew had measles.”

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Pediatrician-scientist Dr. Peter Hotez, who’s studied anti-vaccine activism in the U.S. and is speaking at UM this week, urged public health officials to do whatever they can to debunk anti-vaccine misinformation, using simple infographics, advocacy and education.

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