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Kentucky’s Measles Outbreak Has Reached Its Highest Level in Decades
Kentucky has confirmed 29 measles cases this year, with 17 of those cases recorded in August alone. The surge has pushed the state to its highest annual total since 1991, putting renewed attention on a disease that health officials say can spread with startling speed among people who are not protected. The outbreak is now…
Measles Is Back, and It Could Cost America $1.5 Billion a Year
Something quiet has been happening in America’s public health system for several years now. Vaccination rates have been slipping. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, fewer children have been receiving the MMR shot that for decades kept measles at bay. Health officials noticed. Researchers ran the numbers. What they found should alarm anyone who pays taxes, carries health…