THE MESSAGE OF MEASLES.

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  • Author(s): PAUMGARTEN, NICK
  • Source:
    New Yorker. 9/2/2019, Vol. 95 Issue 25, p38-47. 10p. 1 Color Photograph, 5 Cartoon or Caricatures.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Vaccination; Measles vaccines; Measles; Cuomo, Andrew, 1957-; Anti-vaccination movement; Epidemics
    • Abstract:
      The article reveals that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill addressing the anti-vaccination movement, as a result of a measles outbreak in the state. Topics discussed include information on the measles outbreak in the Rockland County village of New Square, an enclave of Hasidim, origin of a vaccination law with a religious exemption in the U.S., and how measles can be transferred to another person and its symptoms.