After my son was born in December, new parent questions consumed my thoughts. Is he sleeping enough? Is he screaming because he’s hungry or his diaper is dirty? And is poop normally that color?
Now that I’ve somewhat mastered those questions, and he’s sleeping through the night, I’m still up obsessing over a new issue: Vaccines.
My worries spiked when an outbreak of measles flared up in West Texas in late January. Two unvaccinated children have died. Then funding cuts brought many clinical trials, including ones for new vaccines, to a halt. In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps to limit COVID-19 vaccines to adults ages