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UK is scrambling to stem an alarming tide of measles

24 January 2024

Bogus claims made in 1998 about the MMR vaccine still have an impact, says Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health), because children not vaccinated due to the scare are now adults – and may be helping measles to spread.

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