'Herd immunity' threatened in measles outbreak, pathologist says
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 18:06
in Health & Medicine
Spending time with other people is a cure for loneliness. But being a member of a vaccinated community has an important added benefit: preventing the spread of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. The current concern over outbreaks of measles in the United States provides valuable lessons about how vaccinations are effective across a broad community.