Nowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show.

Middlesbrough has the lowest rate in the region at 82.5%, but up from 77.9% the previous year.

Read more – BBC Health (31/8/25)