Measles are back in the news, so we have compiled relevant posts.

The CDC page, https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html, and Texas Department of Health & Human Services where the most recent outbreak is largest, https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025,

How is this possible? Decades of Christian Science lobbying made it possible for people to easily obtain religious and philosophical exemptions https://exchristianscience.com/2025/01/12/christian-science-congressional-lobbying/. CHILD has more details: https://childrenshealthcare.org/belief-exemptions-from-immunizations/. Religious exemptions and philosophical beliefs do not work against measles.

Christian Scientists at the Principal Schools have been used in CDC studies about measles in unvaccinated communities. https://exchristianscience.com/2016/03/09/cdc-studies-the-principia-schoolscollege/, and more articles https://exchristianscience.com/2015/09/02/the-principia-the-measles/

People share first hand experiences of measles, and other vaccine-preventable diseases: https://exchristianscience.com/2019/03/10/i-never-received-childhood-vaccinations/. The 1989 outbreak https://exchristianscience.com/tag/principia-measles-1989/, and the 1985 outbreak https://exchristianscience.com/tag/1985-measles-outbreak/

Measles are a vaccine-preventable disease, so talk to your doctor. How to get vaccinated as an adult – https://exchristianscience.com/2019/02/13/how-to-get-vaccinated/, and https://exchristianscience.com/2022/10/09/ask-a-nurse-getting-vaccinated-for-polio-as-an-adult/