Boost Needed? Measles Vaccine from '70s, '80s

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If you received a measles vaccination in the 1970s or ’80s, it’s possible that the protection it offered might have diminished by now, warn medical professionals. Amid a recent measles outbreak in Florida, Jill Roberts, an associate professor at the USF College of Public Health, raised concerns about the potential waning effectiveness of these older vaccines.

The measles vaccine was first introduced in 1968, with the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, followed in 1971. A few decades after the MMR vaccine’s introduction, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000…