The article discusses the ongoing measles outbreak in texas and New Mexico, emphasizing the high contagiousness of measles and the impact of declining vaccination rates on its spread. Experts provide insight into how underlying factors, including group behavior and community vaccination rates, affect the potential for outbreaks.

Epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health discussing the spread of measles.

Professor of biology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University commenting on measles' spread.

Source of the vaccination rate threshold needed to protect communities against measles outbreaks.

Institution where Dr. Carla Garcia Carreno, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, works.