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History of Vaccines in the News

By 

René F. Najera, DrPH

May 15, 2019

You've probably heard about the current measles outbreaks in the United States. They started making news last year when and lasted well into this year. Earlier this year, , New York, and it spread into the limits. There have been other cases of measles in other parts of the country, like or . Because of these outbreaks, some news outlets reached out to History of Vaccines for interviews and comments. This resulted in several interviews and one op-ed piece published on The Hill online. While it was fun, in a way, to do these interviews, the seriousness of the situation with measles and vaccine hesitancy cannot be understated. For your reading (and listening) pleasure, here are the stories:
  • "Vaccinations and the measles resurgence," an interview with WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
  • "Infectious, Part 1: Scabs, Pus And Puritans" a podcast from WBUR in Boston:
  • "Infectious, Part 2: The Flintstone Dilemma":
  • "Is Measles Here to Stay?" an article on NPR online:
  • "With measles cases still rising, what religion has to say about vaccination," an article online from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
  • "Can You Get Measles if You Were Vaccinated?" from Vox online:
  • "Vaccine hesitancy: Most difficult fight we have ahead of us is political," an opinion piece on The Hill online:

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