MARCH 1, 2019

Measles: Threat Is Real, Vaccine Safe, Experts Tell Senate Subcommittee

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

Measles outbreaks have been and continue to be a constant threat to the health of the American people,” said Anthony S. Fauci, MD, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in testimony on Feb. 27.

With 159 confirmed cases of measles reported so far this year, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee asked Dr. Fauci and Nancy Messonnier, MD (Capt., USPHS, Ret), the director of the