Measles is preventable with a childhood vaccine, so why are outbreaks of this disease popping up? Jana Shaw, MD, explains how highly contagious the disease is, along with its possible complications, including death, and what happens if someone contracts the disease. Shaw is a professor of pediatrics and of public health and preventive medicine at Upstate.

“The Informed Patient” is a podcast that covers health, science and medicine, featuring experts from Central New York’s only academic medical center. Upstate Medical University has four colleges (Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Graduate Studies); a robust research enterprise; and an extensive clinical health care system that extends way beyond Syracuse.

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