Getting Rubella While Pregnant Shaped Two Lives With a mother's practiced, guiding hand, 80-year-old Janith Farnham helped steer her 60-year-old daughter's walker through a Sioux Falls art center.

There was no vaccine against rubella back then, and Janith contracted the viral illness very early in the pregnancy, when she had up to a 90% chance of giving birth to a baby with the syndrome.

There was no vaccine against rubella back then, and Janith contracted the viral illness very early in the pregnancy, when she had up to a 90% chance of giving birth to a baby with the syndrome.

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families by: LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press Posted: Jun 28, 2025 / 02:24 PM EDT ...