Elena Conis

The anti-vaccine movement has gained ground because the public health community has denied the truth about measles.

Our government institutions, and especially our scientific ones, have a duty to rebuild the public trust that has eroded over the last half century.

Enacting vaccination mandates demands political give and take.

Federal immunization mandates eradicated measles, but the disease’s resurgence reveals that cultural and communications challenges of public health are ongoing.

The vaccination skepticism of today is rooted in postwar social movements, prompting a new generation of parents and children to question drugs and doctors.

How a disease often portrayed as harmlessly humorous became the target of one of the most effective vaccination campaigns in U.S. history.