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In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health

Health

An outbreak grabbed the headlines for Somalis in this northern state. But advocates hope it can bring more than just an emergency response.

Innoculation always prompts anxiety. Here's how France dealt with it three centuries ago.

How France used fashion to spread the message to vaccinate

Culture
A measles outbreak is taking hold in the US

A discredited British study helped create today’s anti-vaccine movement

Medicine
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.

A Nigerian writer mocks US disease concern, saying that Africa should screen Americans for measles

Health
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.

What Sweden can teach America about measles vaccinations

Health
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