It’s the Midday Healthwatch, our monthly series of conversations with former Baltimore City Health Commissioner and Washington Post columnist, Dr. Leana Wen.
Flu cases are up here in Maryland and around the country. And the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is reporting more than 2,000 cases of measles in 44 jurisdictions around the country, more cases than at any time in the last 34 years.
Yesterday, in an unprecedented move, the CDC dropped the number of vaccines it recommends for children…