From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which population vaccinating behavior might unfold during a vaccine scare.