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US Measles Outbreak Triggers Quarantine At 2 Los Angeles Universities
A nationwide measles outbreak has led health officials to quarantine dozens of people at two Los Angeles universities, officials said on Thursday.
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US Measles Cases Highest Since 2000 As Anti-Vaccine Movement Surges
The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe.
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How Michigan's Patient Zero, A Traveler, Infected 39 People With Measles
Last month, a traveler raising money for charity in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, drove through the night to Detroit - his next fundraising stop. He felt sick en route and saw a doctor when he got there. But the doctor, who had never seen measles, misdiagnosed the man's fever and cough as bronchitis.
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WHO Declares Americas World's First Measles-Free Region
Measles has been eradicated from the Americas after decades of vaccination efforts, the world's first region to rid itself of the highly contagious disease, global health authorities said Tuesday.
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US Announces First Death From Measles in 12 years
Health authorities on Thursday announced the first US death from measles in 12 years, after an autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease.
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India Reported 18,668 Cases of Measles in 2012: WHO
India reported 18,668 cases of measles in 2012, recording the second highest number in sub-Saharan Africa and the South East Asian region, according to WHO statistics.
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More Than 100 Cases of Measles Now Confirmed in US
More than 100 people in the United States have been confirmed as infected with measles including 91 in California, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, public health officials said on Friday.
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US Measles Outbreak Triggers Quarantine At 2 Los Angeles Universities
A nationwide measles outbreak has led health officials to quarantine dozens of people at two Los Angeles universities, officials said on Thursday.
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US Measles Cases Highest Since 2000 As Anti-Vaccine Movement Surges
The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe.
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How Michigan's Patient Zero, A Traveler, Infected 39 People With Measles
Last month, a traveler raising money for charity in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, drove through the night to Detroit - his next fundraising stop. He felt sick en route and saw a doctor when he got there. But the doctor, who had never seen measles, misdiagnosed the man's fever and cough as bronchitis.
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WHO Declares Americas World's First Measles-Free Region
Measles has been eradicated from the Americas after decades of vaccination efforts, the world's first region to rid itself of the highly contagious disease, global health authorities said Tuesday.
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US Announces First Death From Measles in 12 years
Health authorities on Thursday announced the first US death from measles in 12 years, after an autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease.
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India Reported 18,668 Cases of Measles in 2012: WHO
India reported 18,668 cases of measles in 2012, recording the second highest number in sub-Saharan Africa and the South East Asian region, according to WHO statistics.
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More Than 100 Cases of Measles Now Confirmed in US
More than 100 people in the United States have been confirmed as infected with measles including 91 in California, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, public health officials said on Friday.
