The World Health Organization listed vaccine hesitancy – when parents delay or withhold vaccines for their children – as one of the Top 10 health risks for 2019. Now, with more than 700 confirmed cases of measles in 23 states, public health officials are scrambling to put a stop to it. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on health experts using science as an antidote to misinformation about vaccines. Source
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Up, up and away at the TWA Hotel
The Trans World Airlines Flight Center at JFK Airport, designed by architect Eero Saarinen, has been reimagined as a nostalgic trip into aviation’s glamorous past Source
The evolving Howard Stern
The broadcasting giant discusses his latest book, “Howard Stern Comes Again,” and how psychotherapy and a serious health scare changed the way he approaches celebrity interviews – and himself Source
A new museum for Lady Liberty
The $100 million Statue of Liberty Museum opens this week on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, telling the story of the creation of the most recognizable symbol of America Source
Extended transcript: Howard Stern
In his interview with Tracy Smith, the broadcaster opens up about psychoanalysis, family, apologizing for his past interviews, and the art of the interview which, he says, is disappearing Source
Robert Gates says Biden, Sanders and Trump’s age is “problematic”
“I’m not sure you have the intellectual acuity that you might have had in your 60s,” the former defense secretary said Source
Teaching anti-vax parents to trust science and the MMR vaccine
With hundreds of measles cases in the U.S., and approximately 110K global deaths from measles in 2017 (mostly children under five), public health experts are employing scientific facts as an antidote to vaccine misinformation Source
Calendar: Week of May 13
From the Webby Awards to the 144th Preakness Stakes, “Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports. Source
Almanac: The ironing board
On May 12, 1874, the prolific African-American inventor Elijah J. McCoy patented an “ironing “table” Source
From 2003: Extreme ironing
It’s not an Olympic sport (yet), but as correspondent Bill Geist discovered, adherents of extreme ironing go to herculean extremes as they wield their irons in ever-more challenging situations, pressing on in their quest to remove wrinkles. Originally broadcast on “Sunday Morning” November 7, 2003. Source