The COVID-19 pandemic has diverted parents' attention away from other potentially severe infectious diseases, and vaccine hesitancy has risen, resulting in delayed childhood vaccinations for measles—especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) but also in the United States, two new studies have found.Proven vaccine, preventable deathsThe first study, published yesterday in Nature by a team led by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, assessed measles vaccinations in 101 LMICs through 2019.
They found that, while substantial progress was made in immunizing children against measles from 2000 to 2010, efforts stalled in the last decade in LMICs.The lowest