A 2017 outbreak in Minnesota saw 79 cases confirmed, many in a community with low vaccination rates, though the outbreak's source was never identified. (sciencenews.org)
In the United States, population pockets with low vaccination rates (such as in Boulder, Colorado, and Ashland, Oregon) have existed for some time, and the great fear among many governmental medical authorities is that high - profile claims about vaccine dangers will widen the phenomenon, with potentially disastrous consequences. (discovermagazine.com)
Yet the practice still lags among less affluent and less educated women whose babies, for reasons including low vaccination rates and greater exposure to environmental contaminants such as cigarette smoke, especially need the nutrients and disease protection mother's milk bestows. (articles.chicagotribune.com)