Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable
- Written by David Higgins, Research Fellow and Instructor in Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Young children, pregnant people and the immunocompromised are among the most vulnerable to measles.CHBD/E+ via Getty Images“You don’t count your children until the measles has passed.” Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from...