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A world map showing vaccine-preventable disease hot spots, with colored circles indicating outbreak size and location. Measles outbreaks (red) appear across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Large chicken pox (green) and RSV (purple) outbreaks are visible in Asia. Yellow circles mark whooping cough in the Americas and Oceania, while smaller circles show diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, mumps, and polio outbreaks in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Circle size corresponds to outbreak magnitude, with a sample scale showing 10,000 cases. The map is labeled “Think Global Health.”

Tracking Measles and the World's Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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This weekly map visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases

A mobile health clinic is seen during a ribbon cutting ceremony by the South Carolina Department of Public Health. The health truck administers measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine at the Florence County Health Department, in Florence, South Carolina, on April 25, 2025.

How South Carolina Doctors and Schools Are Fighting Measles

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"For a lot of parents in South Carolina, this feels like being dragged back into the worst days of COVID," one pediatrician said

Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines

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Seth Berkley evaluates the new U.S. vaccine schedule and what defunding immunization means for pandemic preparedness

Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines

New U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule Creates Legal Peril

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A law professor weighs the legal protections for pediatricians and states following the rescheduling of certain childhood vaccines

An empty classroom at CIS 303: Leadership and Community Service Academy in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., on October 8, 2024.

Measles Takes Root in Mexico

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Measles is thriving and causing deaths among Mexico's unvaccinated communities, amid deep budget cuts to health care

A map shows confirmed measles cases in Mexico and the United States from January to mid-August 2025, with circle sizes representing total cases by state. In Mexico, Chihuahua has the largest circle in the country—much larger than any other federal state—indicating it has four and a half times more cases than Texas despite having about one-tenth its population. Chihuahua’s circle is bright orange, while Texas’s circle is dark blue and smaller. A legend shows reference circles for 40, 400, and 4,000 cases.

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

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A new study on global immunization coverage shows declining uptake for key vaccines

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

American Indian Vaccination Gaps Amid Measles Outbreak

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A Pascua Yaqui-Yavapai Apache physician explains what vaccination gaps mean for American Indians during the outbreak

American Indian Vaccination Gaps Amid Measles Outbreak

"Compelled by Our Fears": RFK Jr. and Vaccine Doubt

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A conversation about what to expect from vaccine policy if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. runs Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaks at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. July 26, 2024.

Securing America's Health Through Global Vaccination

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

Securing America's Health Through Global Vaccination

Measles is Raging In Afghanistan

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

Measles is Raging In Afghanistan

A U.S.-European Measles Moment

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

A U.S.-European Measles Moment

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

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

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