Science Magazine Examines Measles Eradication Efforts, Feasibility

Science: Is measles next?
“Before the polio virus is even in the grave, a small cadre of disease fighters is itching to set the next global eradication target: measles. … Skeptics question whether a measles initiative would fall down the same rabbit hole as did the polio effort, which has spent billions of dollars and nearly three decades chasing the last few cases, only to see them disappear around the corner…” (Roberts, 5/28).

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