Behind my search for the source of the measles resurgence
Nathan VanderKlippe’s journey to trace North America’s measles outbreaks sent him to New Brunswick, Texas and all the way to Thailand
For most of the past millennium in which it spread, the measles was an implacable, unstoppable foe.
The 1950s-era vaccine that halted its advance was, then, a victory for humanity, a banner-holder for science and progress. A World Health Organization...