What you need to know about measles after Ohio outbreak sickens 19 children - ABC News

"The impression that measles is a trivial infection akin to the common cold with a rash, that is incorrect," Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told ABC News.

Recent research from the World Health Organization described the "largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades" due to missed routine care during the pandemic.

A study by the Colorado Health Institute, a non-partisan research organization, found that COVID vaccination rates across the state were strongly correlated with counties' political beliefs.