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How Vulnerable is Wisconsin to Measles?

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

May 3, 2019

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With a national outbreak of measles causing concern among the medical community, UW-Madison medical professor Dr. James Conway talks about how vulnerable Wisconsin is for a measles outbreak. He also discusses who would be most affected by measles cropping up in the state.

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