Thanks to the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine, by the time I trained in pediatrics in Boston in the 1980s, measles was no longer a common childhood illness in the United States. When the question of measles was raised, we residents often looked to older attendings, who would remind us that our…
The Tragedy of Measles
Thanks to the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine, by the time I trained in pediatrics in Boston in the 1980s, measles was no longer a common childhood illness in the United States. When the question of measles was raised, we residents often looked to older attendings, who would remind us that our…