Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Hina Alam
Publication Date: July 22, 2025 - 08:13
Alberta mother of 4-month-old with measles calls on Canadians to educate themselves about vaccines
July 22, 2025
Months after fearing she would lose her baby girl to measles, Morgan Birch says she wants Canadians to educate themselves more about the importance of vaccines.
Birch’s daughter, Kimie Fukuta-Birch, was too young to be eligible for the vaccine, which is not routinely given to children under a year old. But she feels her baby would not have been infected if more people around her had received the vaccine.
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