A small increase in measles vaccinations could prevent millions of U.S. cases--study

Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how Amid the spread of measles across the U.S., new research shows even a small uptick in measles, mumps, rubella vaccination could prevent millions of infections. ABC News ABC News

...even a small uptick in MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination could prevent millions of infections, according to new research.

The study, published in JAMA last week, used a model to simulate the spread of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases across the U.S., evaluating different scenarios with different vaccination rates over a 25-year period.