Photo: Measles Returns: Many in U.S. at Risk From "Eradicated" Disease, Experts Warn

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A boy with measles in 1963 displays the telltale rash that appears in the early stages of the disease. Recent measles outbreaks in the U.S. are revealing the vulnerability of people vaccinated between 1963 and 1968, when some of the vaccines used in the U.S. did not offer lasting protection.

Photograph courtesy CDC/PHIL

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