UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Volume 16 • Number 9 • September 2019
Once Nearly Eradicated, Measles Is Back
With the highest number of reported outbreaks in nearly 20 years, 2019 is a record year for measles. The resurgence is due to misinformation about vaccines, the decline in vaccinated children, and foreign travel. Unvaccinated U.S. residents get the measles while they are abroad, then bring the disease into the …
