Texas Measles Map Shows Hardest Hit Counties as Outbreak Grows
The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000 "thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine," the CDC said, but now U.S. coverage among children of kindergarten age is below the 95 percent coverage target, which creates a higher risk for outbreaks of the virus.
According to the CDC, if you were born after 1957, one dose is considered sufficient to be considered protected from measles.
This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Rekha Lakshmanan, chief strategy officer for The Immunization Partnership in Houston, a ...
In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks across the northwest part of that state.
Texas’ largest outbreak of measles in 30 years has reached 90 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services said ...
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