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The measles outbreak that started in Texas in late January continues to grow. As of March 18, 2025, confirmed cases in the outbreak, which now spans Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, reached 321, surpassing the number of confirmed cases recorded for all of the U.S. in 2024. The vast majority…

As parents resist vaccines over vague potential harms, advocates call it a case of ‘morals more than science’

What if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection to an infection that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually?

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID-19 emergency, here's what the research says.

Older adults may lack protection from measles, which can cause their immune systems to "unlearn" previous defenses to infectious diseases. Here's what to do.

Knowing which vaccines older adults should get and hearing a clear recommendation from their health care provider about why a particular vaccine is important strongly motivated them to get vaccinated. That’s a key finding in a recent study I co-authored in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

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With deaths and hospitalizations down, experts say vaccines and immunity from infection have helped turn the page on the Covid pandemic

Joint analysis of measles cases reveals Covid pandemic resulted in misinformation and vaccination delays