Measles is back. Vaccinated children are suffering the consequences, too

Published June 27, 2026 7:00am ET



Earlier this spring, a family brought their child into a Provo, Utah, pediatrician’s office with a runny nose and a fever. Doctors treated it as strep throat. 

But the child returned — and then returned again. 

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