Measles has been eradicated in the Americas, but unfounded autism fears have fueled an outbreak of the disease in a Somali-American community in Minnesota.
More children around the world are getting the measles vaccine. As a result, fewer are dying. Some 20.3 million lives were saved between 2000 and 2015 thanks to the vaccine, according to a new report from UNICEF.
Debates about the safety of vaccines may rage on in the U.S., Canada and other high-income countries, but the widespread use of vaccines…
As the Disneyland measles outbreak in the United States demonstrated – if not the two-to-three million child deaths from easily…
For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we’re talking with Heidi Larson, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and…
The measles outbreak that began in Disneyland, and which has so far spread to 17 states with more than 120…
The breakout of measles in Disneyland in late 2014 ignited a long-simmering debate over vaccines in the United States. This…
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent sure are getting a lot of attention these days. From international pledges for vaccine…
By Robert Fortner, special to Humanosphere During high season for polio this year, Nigeria has seen only one case of…
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