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Measles is one of the major causes of death among children, even though there is a safe and effective vaccine against it. 

The move to vaccinate nearly a million children over the next four weeks follows the declaration by the government of a “national incident” in June.

Dr. Diane E. Griffin, M.D. and Ph.D., is the university distinguished service professor and a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Modified COVID-19 vaccines may get nod from FDA without repeating full trials Amina Khan © Provided by The LA Times A pharmacist prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in New York City. (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance Monday that streamlines the vetting process for COVID-19 vaccines that are modified to target new coronavirus variants. The recommendations, detailed in a 24-page document on the FDA’s website, are intended to speed up the review process amid worries t...

Monday, Feb. 22. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Last spring, Gov. Gavin Newsom told Californians we couldn’t return to the 2019 version of normal “until we have herd immunity.” At the time, we were just beginning to settle into our first stay-at-home order, making face masks out of T-shi...