Asking Patients to Decide on Treatment When Side Effects Can Include Death
Patients must weigh their own values in deciding care.
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Vaccination is back in the spotlight, as Utah becomes the epicenter of a US measles outbreak and the HHS secretary is peppered with questions about his controversial immunization views while defending planned health budget cuts before Congress. Some anti-vaxx parents are reconsidering their stance and RFK Jr. acknowledged a measles shot may have saved a Texas child who died from the infection last year.