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Mobilizing Against Measles: Physicians Face the Worst National Outbreak in Decades

Sean Price

Texas Medicine 2019 July 1, 115 (7): 22-29

Measles - a deadly disease the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared eradicated in America in 2000 - has made an unwelcome return in 2019. The anti-vaccine movement is weakening Texas' ability to withstand outbreaks, but there are still many things physicians can do to work with patients and communities to improve vaccination rates.

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