'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.

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