US Measles Outbreaks Re-emerge as Vaccination Rates Fall in Children
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Updated · The Daily News Online · Aug 5
US Measles Outbreaks Re-emerge as Vaccination Rates Fall in Children
3 articles · Updated · The Daily News Online · Aug 5
Summary
US measles outbreaks are resurfacing in pockets where vaccination coverage has dropped, reversing a disease that had been largely under control.
Falling immunization rates are driving the spread because measles is highly contagious and can move quickly through susceptible communities.
Most children who contract measles are either not up to date on recommended shots or are still too young to receive the vaccine.
The renewed outbreaks underscore that measles remains vaccine-preventable but can still cause serious and sometimes fatal complications when protection weakens.