CDC Issues Health Alert Over Measles Outbreak
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Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control issued a health alert on Friday to health department and hospitals around the country to make them aware there’s an ongoing outbreak of measles.
The outbreak, originally linked to a single case at Disneyland in California in December, has grown to affecting 58 people and spread from California to Utah, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and across the border to Mexico.
In 2000, the U.S. declared that measles had been eliminated, meaning the disease is no longer native to the U.S. The virus can however hitch a ride with people who have been overseas.
Most of those who have gotten sick have been unvaccinated, according to health officials.
Many young doctors and medical workers likely have never seen a case of measles, prompting the CDC’s alert to remind them what it looks like, and to review vaccination recommendations.
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