Elizabeth Jacobs

Elizabeth Jacobs

Live Science Contributor

Elizabeth Jacobs is an epidemiologist and professor emerita at the University of Arizona and a founding member of the advocacy group Defend Public Health.

Latest articles by Elizabeth Jacobs

The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.

By Elizabeth Jacobs, James Alwine published

Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and it's a bellwether of the erosion of public health.

Viruses, Infections & Disease