VIRTUAL: Behind The Headlines -- Measles

Library : Gleason Public Library

Location : Zoom

Start : Monday 9th of June 2025 7:00 PM

End : Monday 9th of June 2025 8:00 PM

Description :

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.* Join Professor Elena Conis, author of Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization and Acting Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Journalism, for a discussion about measles and the modern history of vaccination in the United States. She’ll be joined by Hillary Johnson, MHS, Senior Epidemiology Advisor to Local Health for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, who’ll discuss what measles is and how we track it today. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Louis Fazen, III, MPH, pediatrician and founder of the Global Health Committee at the Massachusetts Medical Society, former faculty member at UMass Chan Medical School, and a local Board of Health chairperson, along with Scott Podolsky, MD, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the Countway Library. Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Public Health Museum, presented with support from the Tewksbury Public Library. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. ACCESSIBILITY NOTE: The Tewksbury Public Library does not discriminate on the basis of disability and is committed to providing a reasonable modification to participate in our events, services or documentation. Contact Director Diane Giarrusso at 978-640-4490 or dgiarrusso@tewksbury-ma.gov at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modification, or at any time you need accessible documents. gleasonlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-behind-the-headlines-measles/