Prognosis

Tariffs Have Stifled Trade, Yet Measles Is Spreading With Few Limits

A doctor injects a vaccine against measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox to an infant in Berlin, Germany. 

Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe
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Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. While world trade is being stifled by tariffs and threats of tariffs, measles — regrettably — is one export that seems to be booming. But first…

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