and in oregon have contracted measles this winter why is measles making a comeback let's ask dr eric braverman director of path medical in new york city and the path foundation he's the author of the edge effect a chief of total health and longevity with the balanced brain advantage dr welcome back oh thank you so much is good for you to get the word out in medicine well although the measles vaccine commonly administered in the usa has proven effective this is what you docs call an endemic disease meaning that it's always out there and measles is extremely contagious correct. it is and i'm sure there's pockets in oregon and other places where vaccination rates are low in addition there's a lot of stress on our kids in terms of junk food sugar pollution anxiety violence all of that will lower the immune system and children will be more vulnerable but more likely than not vaccination rates are insufficient while in recent years vaccinations become controversial the centers for disease control estimates that some ten percent of kindergartners in iowa have not gotten the views of the measles vacci