Vaccines have contributed to a significant reduction in many childhood diseases, such as diphtheria, polio, measles, and whooping cough. It is now rare for American children to experience the devastating effects of these illnesses. Infant deaths due to childhood diseases have nearly disappeared in the United States and other countries with high vaccination coverage. But the germs that cause vaccine-preventable ...

Measles Virus Protein Induces Paget's Disease-Like Bone in Mice . Scientists funded in part by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases have demonstrated that mouse cells genetically altered with the measles virus nucleocapsid protein (MVNP) bear similarities to those cells found in people with Paget's disease of bone, suggesting a possible connection with the disease ...