General Health

History of Vaccines

Image Source: Pixabay In recent years, diseases that were once under control (and even eradicated) have started to come back. In 2019, a measles outbreak in the state of Washington resulted in the governor of a county there to declare a state of emergency.  Since […]

Vaccine picture to prevent measles
General Health

Measles Is Back on the Rise: How to Protect Yourself

It’s been almost two decades since measles was declared eradicated in the U.S. After developing successful vaccines against the highly contagious viral infection in the ‘60s, federal and state governments began creating policies to require children to become vaccinated early on in order to avoid […]