Columbia Mailman School of Public Health: Low Vaccination Rates and 'Measles Parties' Fueled 2019 Measles Outbreak in NYC
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
NEW YORK, May 28 -- Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news:
An analysis of the 2018-2019 measles outbreak in New York City--the largest such outbreak in the United States in nearly three decades--identifies factors that made the outbreak so severe: delayed vaccination of young children combined with increased contact among this age group, likely through "measles parties" designed to purposely infect children. The study by Wan Yang, . . .
An analysis of the 2018-2019 measles outbreak in New York City--the largest such outbreak in the United States in nearly three decades--identifies factors that made the outbreak so severe: delayed vaccination of young children combined with increased contact among this age group, likely through "measles parties" designed to purposely infect children. The study by Wan Yang, . . .