New Vaccine Education resources address measles boosters and misinformation

The May 2024 issue of Parents PACK, the Vaccine Education Center’s newsletter for the public, offered resources that may be helpful in your interactions with patients and families.

"Do people need a measles vaccine booster during an outbreak?"

This new video from the “Healthy at Home with Dr. Handy” series describes which groups of people may need boosters during a local measles outbreak. See which three groups she highlighted.

Check out additional videos:

· Dr. Offit describing why measles outbreaks are occurring

· Drs. Offit and Lockwood discussing measles in the clinical setting

Check out both today! Be sure to have families subscribeto the Parents PACK newsletter to keep current on new content produced by the VEC.