Brooklyn Specialists Urge Universal Vaccination After 2,200 U.S. Measles Cases in 2025
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Updated · BK Reader · Jul 2
Brooklyn Specialists Urge Universal Vaccination After 2,200 U.S. Measles Cases in 2025
1 articles · Updated · BK Reader · Jul 2
Summary
More than 2,200 U.S. measles cases and three deaths in 2025 have prompted Brooklyn infectious-disease specialists Edward Chapnick and Rabia Agha to call for universal vaccination.
Measles, declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, can still cause pneumonia, brain inflammation, sepsis, permanent organ damage and death, while wider vaccine refusal also raises risks from flu, Covid-19, RSV and other preventable diseases.
Just 52% of Brooklyn children aged 24 to 35 months had completed the recommended seven-vaccine series by age 2 as of December 2025, leaving newborns, cancer patients and other immunocompromised people more exposed.
The doctors argue vaccination protects both individuals and strained health systems, warning that complacency could revive diseases such as polio, measles and pertussis that vaccines sharply reduced.