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Measles Cases Hit Highest Total Since U.S. Eliminated the Disease
While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.
The United States has recorded 1,288 measles cases so far this year, the highest total in 33 years, according to Centers for ...
The epicenter of the crisis is Texas, particularly Gaines County, where 414 of the state’s 753 cases have been reported ...
Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high ...
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles ...
US measles cases hit a 30-year high as MMR vaccination rates decline nationwide, sparking outbreaks in dozens of states and ...
Cases have reached the highest yearly total since 1992 in less than seven months, and vaccination rates for kindergartners ...
The U.S. is having the worst measles outbreak in decades. Here’s what experts recommend you do to avoid getting sick.
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