Measles

MedPage Today) -- "Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was 7 years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the measles outbreak in west Texas is a “call to action,” as he encouraged parents to consider whether to get their children vaccinated. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, said the decision to vaccinate is “personal” but defended the efficacy of...

Science & Nature A pediatrician confronts the disease’s persistence in a world where eradication is possible...Read MoreThomas Coby

Yikes — Kentucky has one of the lowest vaccination rates among kindergartners in the country. Beth Mole - Mar 3, 2023 10:06 pm UTC Enlarge / Hughes Memorial Auditorium, where the outpouring event was hosted, on Asbury University's campus in Wilmore, Kentucky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued a health alert