Vaccinating children is a topic of serious discussion of late. Many parents are choosing not to have their children vaccinated. Vaccine rates are plummeting! This trend is putting many children at risk of death and disability from measles. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that there were 110,000 measles deaths globally, mostly among children under age 5, in 2017. Measles can also cause blindness and encephalitis.

"It certainly is incredibly frustrating and upsetting to the public health community that we may lose measles elimination status, because we do have a safe and effective vaccine," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

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"The US eliminated measles in 2000. The current outbreak could change that"