Measles can be deadly and is highly contagious — here's what to know about this preventable disease

David Higgins, MD, MPH, MS (instructor/research fellow, Section of General Academic Pediatrics): I am a pediatrician and preventive medicine physician, and I have anxiously watched measles cases rise worldwide while vaccination rates have dropped since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic due to disruptions in vaccine access and the spread of vaccine misinformation.