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Measles Cases Continue to Grow. Here’s How We Got Here.
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Woman stands at front of meeting room with microphone, one man at table raises hand
Health
In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health
Innoculation always prompts anxiety. Here's how France dealt with it three centuries ago.
Culture
How France used fashion to spread the message to vaccinate
A measles outbreak is taking hold in the US
Medicine
A discredited British study helped create today’s anti-vaccine movement
A girl receives anti-measles vaccination drops in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Mass national vaccination campaigns against measles and polio are common in much of the developing world.
Health
A Nigerian writer mocks US disease concern, saying that Africa should screen Americans for measles
Ten-month old Lauren Durbin receives an injection for measles, mumps and rubella. Typically children do not receive the MMR vaccine until they are 12 months old.
Health
What Sweden can teach America about measles vaccinations