Adam Ratner

Adam Ratner

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Adam Ratner, MD, MPH is a pediatric infectious diseases physician in New York City and the author of "Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health," from which this excerpt is adapted.

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'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't': Lessons from Texarkana's 1970 outbreak

By Adam Ratner published

"Today, Texarkana's unusual geographic and political arrangement continues to instruct us about the deeply intertwined nature of politics and health."

Viruses, Infections & Disease