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Vials of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are displayed at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, California, on January 26th, 2015.

News in Brief

California’s Aggressive Pro-Vaccination Policies Have Made a Big Difference

A new study finds that the percentage of kindergartners in the state without up-to-date vaccinations dropped from nearly 10 percent in 2013 to under 5 percent in 2017.

Tom Jacobs

A nurse gives a woman a measles, mumps, and rubella virus vaccine at the Utah County Health Department on April 29th, 2019, in Provo, Utah.

News in Brief

Measles Cases in the U.S. Reach a New Milestone

More cases have been reported this year than in all of 1992, when the country had its last big outbreak.

Francie Diep

Katya Ganiyeva tends to her daughter Alisa Ganiyeva, age six, who is about to receive a measles vaccine shot from nurse Mariana Gonchara at a health clinic on May 15th, 2019, in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine is struggling with its largest measles outbreak in decades, with more than 34,000 confirmed cases so far this year, according to the World Health Organization.

Viewfinder: Ukraine Grapples With a Measles Outbreak

A woman tends to her daughter, age six, who is about to receive a measles vaccine shot at a health clinic on May 15th, 2019, in Kiev, Ukraine.

Pacific Standard Staff

Daniela Chavarriaga holds her daughter, Emma Chavarriaga, as pediatrician Jose Rosa-Olivares, M.D., administers a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital on June 2nd, 2014, in Miami, Florida.

Social Justice

What Actually Works to Get People to Vaccinate?

Health officials have tried many different strategies, but the science is still in its early days.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

America’s Measles Crisis Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Plus, why Trump's turnaround on vaccine safety was very late—but still helpful.

Francie Diep

Women pushing strollers walk past the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School in the South Williamsburg neighborhood, on April 9th, 2019, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Why Is New York City Fighting a Measles Outbreak Within Just Four Zip Codes?

The city's health department will begin imposing fines for unvaccinated people living in the neighborhood of Williamsburg.

Emily Moon

Rockland County Banned Unvaccinated Minors From Public Places. Will This Prompt Legal Challenges?

Public-health experts say the measure is unusual, but necessary.

Emily Moon

Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman speaks during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing entitled "Vaccines Save Lives: What Is Driving Preventable Disease Outbreaks?" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 5th, 2019.

Experts, Lawmakers, and One Ohio Teen Take on the Anti-Vaccine Movement

While anti-vaccine propaganda continues to spread online, experts and teens are talking about how to fight it.

Emily Moon

Social Justice

Why Public-Health Experts Want More States’ Vaccine Policies to Look Like West Virginia’s

Legislation made the anti-vaccine movement possible—and as the example of West Virginia shows, it can also help fight it.

Emily Moon

In this photo illustration, a bottle containing a measles vaccine is seen at the Miami Children's Hospital on January 28, 2015 in Miami, Florida. A recent outbreak of measles has some doctors encouraging vaccination as the best way to prevent measles and its spread.

News in Brief

How Facebook Helped the Anti-Vaxxer Movement Go Viral

New reports have implicated Facebook and other social media platforms for their role in the spread of anti-vaccine propaganda.

Emily Moon