Scientific American It feels increasingly difficult to go a day without hearing about yet another outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease.
In 2024 pertussis, also known as whooping cough, suddenly seemed to be everywhere. Last year the nation recorded the most measles cases since the illness was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, and of course measles outbreaks have grown increasingly common.
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