Selected NVIC Statements & Commentaries Related to Measles or Measles Vaccine

Updated June 04, 2025

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NVIC Statements & Commentaries

Fisher BL. Measles Truth & Consequences. National Vaccine Information Center Feb 29, 2024.
Fisher BL. Freedom to Dissent and the New Blacklist in America. National Vaccine Information Center Jul 1, 2019.
Fisher BL. What Is Going On With Measles? The Science and Politics of Eradicating Measles. National Vaccine Information Center May 25, 2019.
Fisher BL. CDC Wants to Expand Power to Eliminate Measles: What You Need to Know and Do Now. National Vaccine Information Center Sept. 12, 2016.
Fisher BL. Measles in Disneyland: Third MMR Shot, Vaccine Exemption Ban? National Vaccine Information Center Jan. 28, 2015.
Fisher BL. Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean? National Vaccine Information Center Sept. 23, 2014.
Fisher BL. The Emerging Risks of Live Virus and Virus Vectored Vaccines: Vaccine Strain Infection, Shedding and Transmission. National Vaccine Information Center Nov. 2014.
Fisher BL. Remove Vaccine Safety Oversight from DHHS. National Vaccine Information Center Sept. 1, 2014.
NVIC Press Release. National Vaccine Information Center Supports Three of Five Recommendations of New IOM Report on U.S. Child Immunization Safety and Calls for Transparency. Jan. 16, 2013. (Also see 2013 IOM published report, The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Review of Scientific Findings. Pgs. 75-98).
Statement of the National Vaccine Information Center on the Institute of Medicine Report “Adverse Effects of Childhood Vaccines: Evidence and Causality.” Aug. 25, 2011. (Also see published IOM report, Adverse Effects of Childhood Vaccines: Evidence and Causality: Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine. Pgs. 103-238.)
NVIC. NVIC Questions Interpretation of IOM Report on Autism and MMR Vaccine. Apr. 24, 2001.
NVIC. Parent Groups and Vaccine Policymakers Clash Over Research into Vaccines, Autism & Intestinal Disorders. Mar. 3, 1998.
Fisher BL. Measles Vaccine Experiments on Minority Children Turn Deadly. NVIC Commentary. June 1996. Vol 2 No 2. Online.
Fisher BL. Autism & Vaccines: A New Look at an Old Story. NVIC.

The Vaccine Reaction

Malone, R. Another Texas Child Dies After Recovering from Measles. Apr. 15, 2025.
Cáceres, M. Measles Outbreak in Texas. Feb. 24, 2025.
Hendler C. Study Finds Measles Vaccine Far More Likely to Fail in C-Section Babies. June 3, 2024.
Fisher BL. Measles Outbreak in Chicago Migrant Shelter Reveals at Least 28 Percent Were Vaccinated. May 28, 2024.
Cassels A. Mainstream Measles Mongers. Mar. 24, 2024.
Parpia R. Measles Cases in U.K. Force Students Without MMR Shots to Isolate. Oct. 10, 2023.
Baker A. CDC Says All Children Traveling Abroad Need Extra MMR Shot to Prevent Measles in U.S. July 4, 2023.
TVR Staff. University of Pittsburgh Researchers Use Genetically Modified Measles Vaccine to Create COVID-19 Vaccine. April 3, 2020.
Cáceres M. Samoa Measles Emergency Extended. Dec. 23, 2019.
Cáceres M. Measles in Samoa: Why are So Many Dying? Dec. 15, 2019.
TVR Staff. Ugandan Boy Dies of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome After Getting Measles-Rubella, Polio Vaccines. Dec. 15, 2019.
TVR Staff. Samoan Government Arrests “Anti-Vaxxer” as Measles Campaign Widens. Dec. 8, 2019.
Cáceres M. Samoa’s Measles Outbreak and Response. Nov. 25, 2019.
Mercola J. Trojan Horse of Measles—More Vaccines With the Mandate. Nov. 17, 2019.
Parpia R. One in Four Vaccinated Children in Chinese City Got Measles. Oct. 4, 2019.
Raines K. Silent Carriers of Measles Are Never Diagnosed or Reported. Sept. 20, 2019.
TVR Staff. Vaccinated Nurse in Seattle Diagnosed With Measles. Aug. 15, 2019.
Cáceres M. Flight Attendant With Measles Dies of Meningoencephalitis. Aug. 14, 2019.
Cáceres M. CDC: “Measles Elimination Status” Could End in U.S. June 18, 2019.
Cáceres M. How Come the “Settled Science” People Keep Moving the Goalposts? June 6, 2019.
Cáceres M. Children in Two States Get Vaccine Strain Measles from MMR Vaccine. May 29, 2019.
Cáceres M. Was Measles Really Eliminated in the U.S. in 2000? May 22, 2019.
Parpia R. Effectiveness of Measles Vaccine Questioned in South Sudan. May 2, 2019.
Cáceres M. Vaccine Strain Measles from MMR Vaccine? Apr.25, 2019.
Cáceres M. Measles is Not Ebola and There Are No Such Things as Zombies. Apr.18, 2019.
Cáceres M. Drop in Measles Cases in 1960s Coincided With End of “Baby Boomer” Babies. Jan.16, 2019.
Mercola J. Is MMR Vaccine a Fraud or Does It Just Wear Off Quickly? The Vaccine Reaction May 8, 2018.
Cáceres M. The Prospect of a Third Dose of MMR. Sept. 11, 2017.
Gabriëlle M, Knipping D, Frankema D. Is Recent MMR Vaccine Campaign Linked to Reported Measles Outbreak in Ukraine? July 8, 2018.
Cáceres M. Merck Fraud Case Raises MMR Efficacy Questions. June 9, 2015.
Cáceres M. Doctors Advocate for Outlawing All Personal Belief Exemptions for MMR Vaccine. Mar. 26, 2016.
TVR Staff. Two Infants in Samoa Die After Getting the MMR Vaccine. July 9, 2018.
TVR Staff. Babies in India Die After Getting JE and MMR Vaccines. May 21, 2017.
Transcript – Bill Posey. Congressman Wants CDC Investigated for Tampering With MMR Study. Aug.1, 2015.
Cáceres M. Another Backward Epidemiological Cohort Study. June 15, 2015.
Heimer M. A Woman Died From Measles and I’m (Still) Not Getting Vaccinated. July 4, 2015.
Cáceres M. The Story of Measles’ Sharp Decline. Apr. 12, 2016.
Cáceres M. How a Press Release Became a Media Measles Sensation. July 2, 2015.
Cáceres M. The Myth of Measles Eradication. May 26, 2015.
Bystrianyk R. Measles: The New Red Scare. Aug. 19, 2015.
Cáceres M. What Would Jesus Do About Measles? June 2, 2015.
Cáceres M. The Measles Hysteria. May 19, 2015.
TVR Staff. Three Children in Pakistan Die After Getting Measles Vaccine. Mar. 16, 2018.
Hammond JA. A Measles Death, Vaccines, and the Media’s Failure to Inform. July 8, 2015.
TVR Staff. Kenyan Baby Dies After Receiving Measles Vaccine. Jan. 22, 2018.
Cáceres M. There’s Measles and Zika. Then There is Autism. Apr. 30, 2016.
Cáceres M. Media Claims Vaccine Victory After Scaring Public Half to Death on Measles. July 11, 2015.
TVR Staff. Measles Vaccine Kills 15 Children in South Sudan. June 2, 2017.
TVR Staff. Three Children in India Die After JE, Measles and DPT Vaccinations. June 18, 2018.
Fisher B. Virus Enzyme Found in MMR Vaccine.Nov. 28, 2018.
TVR Staff. Toddler in China Dies Day After MMR Vaccination. Dec.5, 2018.
Pajer B. Wild vs Artificial Exposure to Measles are Not Equal. Dec.5, 2018.
TVR Staff. Baby Girls Die in India Two Days After Getting Measles-Rubella Vaccine. Jan. 9, 2019.

IMPORTANT NOTE: NVIC encourages you to become fully informed about Measles and the Measles vaccine by reading all sections in the Table of Contents , which contain many links and resources such as the manufacturer product information inserts, and to speak with one or more trusted health care professionals before making a vaccination decision for yourself or your child. This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.