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The United States' Patchy MMR Vaccination

Securing America's Health Through Global Vaccination

by Anita Shet, Rose Weeks

The United States should protect children at home and abroad from dangerous diseases made worse by war

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Women in lavender, blue, and burgundy burkas who are part of an immunization team write a message on the wall of a stone house during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 28, 2020.

Measles is Raging In Afghanistan

by Emaad Hassan, S. Deblina Datta, Pratima L. Raghunathan, James L. Goodson

A nationwide vaccination campaign is urgently needed, say CDC measles experts

A baby receives a vaccine injection at a children's clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, on August 14, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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A U.S.-European Measles Moment

by Rebecca Sirull, Emma Rogowski

The unfortunate return of a potentially fatal virus can be blamed on one thing 

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

by Tom Frieden, John Nkengasong

Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

A Samoan beach before the coronavirus crisis—pictured on June 2, 2017 in Saleapaga, Samoa after New Zealand Prime Minister announced a $5.15 million aid package to help boost Samoa's tourism industry. The picture shows a tropical beach in Somoa with gorgeous palm trees and grass huts. GETTY Images/Phil Walter
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Coronavirus in Samoa

by Nicola Hawley

Serendipitous twist of a tragic 2019 measles outbreak may have left small island nation unusually prepared for COVID-19