Millions of Kids Have Missed Routine Vaccines Thanks to COVID-19
Science News - July 14, 2021
Suzette Olu Bousola Oyeku, M.D., M.P.H., comments on the significant increase in the number of children worldwide who have missed vaccinations for preventable diseases like measles, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, and warns that clusters of outbreaks could occur as a result. Dr. Oyeku is professor of pediatrics at Einstein and chief of the division of academic general pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM).