Measles, a disease declared eliminated in the United States 15 years ago, is posing a renewed health threat with increasing outbreaks in the last two years. The latest, traced to Disneyland, has spread far beyond that Orange County theme park.
On Thursday, Arizona joined the list of states reporting measles cases linked to the outbreak. A woman in her 50s who visited Disneyland in December subsequently tested positive for the disease, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health said in a statement. She has recovered, and the departmen...
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January 24, 2015 12:29 AM
I did some math from the US outbreak in 1990.
January 23, 2015 11:22 AM
Doubters didn't live through these things. Measles is no joke. I had 3 or 4 days of it at 5 or so, and it was nasty. I had a very high temperature and got delirious. Luckily, hydration and aspirin kept it under control. There was no vaccine.
January 23, 2015 1:00 AM
Thousands dead compared to none, yup vaccinations look ineffective to me!