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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.
Measles cases reach highest level since disease was 'eliminated' in US
Health experts say the true case count may be higher. Measles was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but if cases continue to rise at the rate it has, that status could change. The United States just reported its highest number of measles cases in more than three decades.
Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the ...
Measles cases in the US have reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 cases reported in the last seven months, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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