A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio — largely involving unvaccinated children — is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.
Anti-vaccine sentiment has increased since the pandemic, driven by politicization around the coronavirus vaccine
By Lena H. Sun
Updated December 27, 2022 at 12:14 p.m. EST|Published December 26, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST