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News & Views: Scientists crack a 50-year-old mystery about the measles vaccine
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ID Unit5, Infectious Disease | | Add comment |

Worth a little pain? Back in 1990, a school boy got a measles shot in the U.K. and it turns out he got protection from more than just the measles.Photofusion/UIG via Getty Images

When the U.S. introduced the measles vaccine, childhood deaths from all infections plummeted. Scientists think they might know why: Benefits of the measles vaccine go way beyond the measles.

Read more at NPR.org.