I almost never write about children's health.  I'm not a pediatrician, and most of what I know about kids' health I learned as a dad, not in training.  This topic, however, is important enough to concern all of us. Measles is a very contagious viral illness that causes high fever, a rash, cough and a runny nose.  Complications can include pneumonia, brain inflammation and death.  In 1958 there were 763,094 cases of measles reported in the US.  The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, and wid...