As vaccine opposition grows, survivors of measles, mumps and rubella warn of lifelong effects, including vision loss, deafness: 'How different my life would have been' - Herald & Review

As vaccine opposition grows, survivors of measles, mumps and rubella warn of lifelong effects, including vision loss, deafness: 'How different my life would have been'  Herald & Review

As her fever rose higher and higher, Marsha Engle-Reinecke began to hallucinate. She could see black birds with big, sharp beaks, she recalled -- there were ...



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