MMR vaccination

How do young doctors who’ve never seen measles handle the outbreak?

Forty-four percent of pediatricians in the U.S. have entered the workforce since measles was officially eliminated in 2000, and many more began practicing in the years since measles was technically common, according to philly.com. With 644 measles cases in 2014 and the recent Disneyland outbreak, pediatricians and primary care doctors need to be prepared diagnose […]

Disneyland asked health officials to say park was safe for vaccinated people

Disneyland executives apparently sent emails to California health officials following the measles outbreak urging them to emphasize that the theme park was not responsible for the spread and that vaccinated people are safe to visit, The Associated Press reports. The messages from executives were found in documents obtained by The AP. Disneyland was not trying […]