Archive for June 2019
Measles in 2019, or How Our Success Led to Our Downfall
For decades, in the United States, there has been very little talk about measles – for good reason. Thanks to the effectiveness of the measles vaccine that was initially available in 1963, and improved upon in 1968, rates of measles steadily fell until an outbreak in 1989. After that, the recommendation was updated to require…
Read MoreThe Unwinding of the Miracle, by Julie Yip-Williams
“They say that youth is wasted on the young. Now, as I approach my final days, I realize that health is wasted on the healthy, and life is wasted on the living. I never understood that until now, as I prepare in earnest to leave this life.” Of all the powerful statements in Julie Yip William’s moving…
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