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Time and again, we humans have been reminded that we are mere mortals. And nothing is a worse reminder than diseases capable of wiping entire towns out of existence. Deadly diseases have been around since the beginning of time, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives at different times throughout the course of human history. There is simply no escaping death …

From Los Angeles to New York, measles is making the rounds in the United States. From a public health perspective, 2014 has been an unusual year with more outbreaks of measles in the first few months of the year than is normal. What makes this so remarkable is the fact that there is an effective vaccine for preventing measles. Unfortunately, …