Affiliation:
1. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is a professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA.
Abstract
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that more than 100 cases of measles, spanning 10 states, had been reported in the United States since the beginning of the year. This news came on the heels of the World Health Organization's estimate of over 200,000 cases of measles in 2018. These numbers signal the reemergence of a preventable, deadly disease, attributed in significant part to vaccine hesitancy. Communities and nations must seriously consider leveraging the law to protect against the spread of this highly contagious disease.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)