An individual walks previous an indication at a well being heart the place the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is run in Lubbock, Texas earlier this yr.
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An individual walks previous an indication at a well being heart the place the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is run in Lubbock, Texas earlier this yr.
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP through Getty Photographs
It has been 25 years since measles was formally “eradicated” from the USA.
That is a technical time period. In public well being, it means measles has not had a gentle twelve month unfold.
Proper now there are measles circumstances in a number of states The most important variety of circumstances are in West Texas the place two youngsters have died.
1 / 4 of a century after measles was formally eradicated within the US, the illness is as soon as once more spreading in West Texas, New Mexico and there are circumstances in a number of different states. What might be completed to get the virus underneath management?
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This episode was produced by Noah Caldwell.
It had extra reporting from Olivia Aldridge from member station Okay-U-T in Austin.
It was edited by Courtney Dorning.
Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
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