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Why measles cases are climbing Not enough kids are getting vaccinated. For herd immunity, about 95% or more of a population needs to be vaccinated, but most countries around the world have been ...
The World Health Organization also reported that the rise in measles is a direct result of anti-vaccination movements. [11] The recommended measles vaccination protocol is to receive two doses, at least one month apart. One dose of the vaccination is 93 percent effective at preventing measles, while two doses is 97 percent effective. [12]
Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts' concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. One of the world's most contagious diseases, measles can lead to ...
For decades, measles was a rarely seen disease in the U.S., but now it's back on the rise, and the U.S. is at risk of losing its “elimination status,” Centers for Disease Control and ...
By February 11, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attributed 125 cases of measles across seven US states, 110 of which were in California, to the outbreak. [4] [7] 39 of the California cases had visited the Disney parks between December 17 and 20, and 34 were secondary contacts. [7]
In the United States, the number of measles cases was set to reach a 25-year high by the middle of the year, [3] beginning with a large concentration of cases in the Pacific Northwest followed by another in New York, [4] as well in the U.S. state of California with two quarantines ordered at two colleges in Los Angeles on April 28, 2019. [5]
The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is among required immunizations for students of both public and private K-12 schools in California. Adults can also get vaccinated against the virus.
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