A new study has ranked U.S. cities’ risk for a measles outbreak based on vaccine-exemption rates and proximity to international airports. Supposedly Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami are the cities most at risk. Read more here.
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Just this year, counties across California have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to try and prevent the spread of measles. Forty-three people have been diagnosed with measles in the state thus far. The prices quoted above do not even include the costs spent by individual patients seeking!-->…
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In Knoxville Tennessee, health officials have confirmed a case of measles. In the last decade there have only been 15 other cases in Tennessee. Across the nation, there have been 555 measles cases reported this year, putting the country on track to set a record for most cases in 25 years. Read more!-->…
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NBC News: The World Health Organization released a report claiming that measles in Madagascar has killed more than 900 people. Those most at risk for the epidemic that began back in September are infants from 9 to 11 months old. Supposedly the country’s vaccination rate is below 60%, far lower than!-->…
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Due to the spike of more than 50 confirmed cases of measles this year, orders for vaccines in Clark County, Washington were up nearly 500 percent in January, compared to the same month in 2018. For more information, click here.
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With 35 confirmed cases of measles in the state of Washington, Governor Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency, adding that these cases create “an extreme public health risk that may quickly spread to other counties.” There have been 34 cases in Clark County, which is close to the southern!-->…
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CNN: At least nineteen individuals have confirmed cases of measles in Washington State. Eighteen of the nineteen cases are children. Most of the infected children reported being unvaccinated against measles. There’s concern that the Washington outbreak could spread across the state line to…
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