Measles and the MMR Vaccine

The MMR vaccine is a safe and effective way to reduce your risk of getting measles, mumps and rubella.

We have been seeing record breaking cases of measles the last few years.

Don’t skip or delay getting vaccinated.

If you are still anxious about getting vaccinated, these articles should help:

• Let’s Talk About Measles and MMR Myths

• Why Are You Still Worried About the MMR Vaccine?

• What Are the Downsides of Getting an Early MMR for Your Kids?

• What is the MMR Vaccine Schedule?

• Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit?

• Measles Evaluation and Screening Algorithms

• Let’s Talk About Measles Vaccine Deaths

• The Real Cost of a Measles Outbreak

• No Babies Were Aborted to Make the MMR Vaccine

• Secretary RFK, Jr and the Return of Natural Measles

• How Anti-Vaccine Influencers View a Vaccine Death vs. A Measles Death

• This is What It’s Like to Have Measles

• Let’s Talk About Congenital Measles

• How Do MMR Vaccines Protect a Baby?

• When Measles Doesn’t Kill You, It Can Still Leave You Weaker

• Should You Worry About SSPE After Measles?

• Cost and Consequences of Measles Outbreaks

• Who’s Paying for the Measles Outbreaks in Your State?

• State and Federal Public Health Funding Cuts Are Making Measles Outbreaks Worse

• RFK Jr’s Mission Accomplished Measles Moment

• Is the Measles Death Rate in Children Only 1 in 106 Million?

• Measles Deaths Were More Than 22,000 Percent Higher Just Before We Got a Measles Vaccine!

• The Case Against Splitting Up the MMR Vaccine

• Why Would It Take So Long to Split Up the MMR Vaccine When We Got a COVID Vaccine So Quickly?

• Splitting Up Vaccines Does Not Reduce Serious Side Effects

• Secretary RFK, Jr Has No Idea What Prevention Looks Like

• Why Secretary RFK, Jr Is Responsible for Our Record Setting Measles Outbreaks

• Do More Vaccinated or Unvaccinated People Spread Measles?

• The Two Measles Deaths in Pennsylvania Were Not 80-Year-Old Men

• People Are Not Catching a Mutated Strain of Measles

• From a Few Cases to Thousands – The Role of Patient Zero in Recent Measles Outbreaks

• Building Family Core Memories of Measles

• What Is Your Risk of Getting Measles in the United States?

• Alex Berenson Is Having Fun With Measles

• The Measles Outbreaks and Exposures of 2026

• RFK Jr Says It Is Hard to Kill Healthy Kids With Measles

• Why Did RFK Jr Go to Samoa Before Their Measles Outbreak?

• Measles Outbreaks as a Natural Experiment

• Current United States Measles Elimination Status

• While Kids Are Dying, Aaron Siri Promotes the Benefits of Having Measles

• RFK Jr’s Mission Accomplished Measles Moment

• Who Dies With Measles?

• The Lassie Crisis Measles Episode

• The Measles Outbreaks of 2025

• Fun and Games with Measles?

• What Should You Do If Your Child Might Have Measles

• What to Do If Your Child Is Exposed to Measles

• What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Measles?

• Who Dies with Measles?…

• Why You Have No Business Skipping the MMR Vaccine?

• Who Needs an MMR Vaccine?

• How to Avoid Getting Caught up in a Measles Outbreak

• Is the MMR Safe for 6-Month-Old Babies?

• Everything You Need to Know About the Measles Vaccine

• Is a Family History of Altered Immunocompetence a Contraindication to Getting Vaccinated?

• What’s the Difference Between the MMR and MMR-II Vaccines?

• Why Did My Child Get a Fever After Their MMR Vaccine?

• Rash After the MMR – Is This Normal?

• More Kids Drown Than Die With Measles...

• How Many Lives Has the MMR Vaccine Saved?

• The Myth That Measles Isn’t Deadly

• When Was the Last Measles Death in the United States?

• Why Do We Include SSPE When Counting Measles Deaths?

• Who Gets SSPE?

• SSPE and Natural Immunity from Measles

• How Many People Get Measles Each Year?

• The Importance of Vaccination Against Measles

• Is Measles Dangerous If You Are Pregnant?

• When Do You Get the Measles Vaccine?

• Can a Vaccinated Person Transmit Measles Through Shedding?

• Do You Need Another Dose of the MMR Vaccine?

• Does Measles Protection from the MMR Vaccine Wane Over Time?

• Let’s Take a Look at Measles Deaths in Europe

• Measles Deaths in England

• Children’s Health Defense Blames Israeli Doctors for Measles Deaths

• Update on the Measles Deaths in Mexico

• Let’s Talk About the Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh

• Measles Outbreaks in Canada vs. the United States

• Secretary RFK, Jr Doubles Down on the Day Two People Die With Measles

• What Is Your Protocol to Stop Measles Before Kids in Your Office Get Exposed?

• How Do You Know If You Have Measles Immunity?

• Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated – Measles Outbreak Edition

• How Contagious Is Measles?

• When is Measles Season?

• What’s Your Chance of Getting Measles Right Now?

• Who’s Getting Measles?

• Why Are Anti-Vaccine Folks Panicking over the Measles Outbreaks?

• More Measles Hysteria From Bob Sears and Melissa Floyd

• Mapping the 2019 Measles Outbreaks

• Remembering the Measles Epidemics of the 1990s

• Making America Measly Again

• If Measles Was Eliminated, Why Do We Still Have Measles?

• The Myth That Measles Never Left

• Remembering When Everyone Had Measles

• Remembering Measles

• When Measles Epidemics Would Close Schools

• The Measles Epidemic in Samoa

• Measles is a very Scary Disease: Debunking the Myths

• Hedda Get Bedda Doll and Other Measles Stories

• Brady Bunch Measles Episode

• Comparing Lightning Strikes to Measles Deaths

• Is the MMR a Leaky Vaccine?

• Are Deadly New Rogue Strains of Mutating Measles

• Remember the Measles Epidemic on Samoa?

• The Tragedy in Samoa Was Not Caused by the MMR Vaccine

• Wakefield’s Mutating Measles and Natural Herd Immunity

• Are Deadly New Rogue Strains of Mutating Measles Spreading Like Wildfire?

• Vaccine Induced Measles

• Did New York Declare Medical Martial Law over a Measles Outbreak?

• Is a Vaccine Strain Causing The Latest Measles Outbreak?

• Were 38% of the Disneyland Measles Cases a Vaccine Strain?

• Are the Measles Outbreaks in New York a Hoax?

• About Those Vaccine Strains in Measles Outbreaks…

• Measles Vaccines vs Measles Strains

• Alexander Langmuir on Measles

• Measles on a Plane, Train, and a Cruise Ship

• Measles Propaganda from The Physicians for Informed Consent

• I Don’t Have a Cookie, But I Can Still Give You Measles

• Can MMR Shedding Start a Measles Outbreak?

• Does Having Measles Protect You from Cancer?

• Did Saint Lucia Quarantine a Scientology Cruise Ship Because of Measles?

• Dr. Baker Says to Stop Worrying About Measles!

• Alex Jones Has a Lot to Say About the Measles Outbreaks

• Why Are We Having Measles Outbreaks If MMR Vaccination Rates Are Not Declining?

• Why Do We Only Worry About Measles?

• Fact Checking Sharyl Attkisson on the Measles Outbreaks

• Does the MMR Vaccine Cause More Seizures Than Measles?

• Fake News About Measles Outbreaks?

• Did CNN Apologize for Using a Fake Measles Photo?

• Is the CDC Pushing Vaccines Because a Batch of MMR Is About to Expire?

• Did Gregory Poland Really Say That MMR Vaccines Can’t Prevent Measles Outbreaks?

• Did the BMJ Have a Debate About the Risk of Dying from the MMR Vaccine Vs Measles?

• Did Pediatricians Ever Encourage Parents to Have Measles Parties?

• What’s the Evidence for Measles Parties?

• Did CBS and Hulu Remove the Brady Bunch Measles Episode?

• Did an Islamic Council in Indonesia Issue a Fatwa Against the Measles Vaccine?

• Myths About Warnings and Adverse Reactions in the MMR Package Inserts

• More Measles Myths

• Big Bird Isn’t the First Celebrity Vaccine Advocate

• Fact Checking an Anti-Vaccine Measles Outbreak Quiz

• Why Haven’t We Eradicated Measles Already?

• Why Did Germany Make the MMR Vaccine Mandatory?

• Is the CDC Hiding MMR Excipients?

• Bob Sears Was Right

• Costs of a Measles Outbreak

• But Did Anyone Die?

• Recommendations for Reporting on Measles Outbreaks

• Measles is Spreading: What You Need to Know

• Is Measles Still Eliminated in the United States?

• Was the Second Measles Death Actually from Measles?

• Kennedy Charm is Now Selling Measles

• Propaganda About the Ups and Downs of Measles Cases

• When Measles is Allowed to Run Its Usual Course, Kids Can Die

• MAHA Advice if You Are Worried About Measles Outbreaks

• Moving the Goalposts When Talking About Measles Cases and Deaths

• How Much Did the Texas Measles Outbreak Cost to Stop?

• What We Know About the Hospitalized Measles Patients in the Texas Outbreak

• Del Bigtree Is Panicking About Our Measles Case Counts

• That Time a Chiropractor in Texas Got Measles

• Doctors Are Pushing Measles Misinformation

• Detecting Wild Measles Strains in Wastewater Samples

• Children’s Health Defense Blames Israeli Doctors for Measles Deaths

• The Measles Outbreak in Utah Is Already Breaking Records

• That Time Measles Hit Greenland

• Shedding and the Texas Measles Outbreak

• Update on the Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh