: a cysticercus tapeworm larva
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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Thursday’s vote doesn’t change the fact that kids should get vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella twice — once at 12 to 15 months and again at 4 to 6 years.
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Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is scheduled to vote on recommendations for Covid jabs and childhood immunizations for hepatitis B and measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, or MMRV.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead, the committee recommended these kids should get two separate shots, one combining measles/mumps/rubella, and a second shot for chickenpox.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
But Huang worries changes to the combination vaccine recommendations could cause confusion and impact vaccination rates, leading to more disease outbreaks, like the measles outbreak that occurred in West Texas.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is scheduled to vote on recommendations for Covid jabs and childhood immunizations for hepatitis B and measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, or MMRV.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead, the committee recommended these kids should get two separate shots, one combining measles/mumps/rubella, and a second shot for chickenpox.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
But Huang worries changes to the combination vaccine recommendations could cause confusion and impact vaccination rates, leading to more disease outbreaks, like the measles outbreak that occurred in West Texas.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Measle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/measle. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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measle
noun
mea·sle
ˈmē-zəl 
: cysticercus
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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