US EditionMeasles outbreak worsens along Arizona-Utah border
More than 70 measles cases, mostly in unvaccinated children, have been reported along the Arizona-Utah border as health officials urge vaccination to contain the outbreak.
- Health agencies say the Arizona–Utah border outbreak has more than 30 measles cases, with 36 in Utah as of Monday and 42 in Arizona, officials report.
- Health officials say most infected children were not vaccinated, and children are routinely vaccinated at 12–15 months and 4–6 years, with infants eligible from 6 months if at risk.
- In Arizona, Mohave County, Arizona has 42 cases amid the active outbreak while Southwest Utah reports 25 cases, including seven in Utah County, three in southeast Utah, and one in the Bear River jurisdiction.
- The CDC states one vaccine dose is 93% effective and two doses 97%, and health officials warn measles can cause pneumonia, brain damage, urging the MMR vaccine.
- During the week of Aug. 3, the outbreak began and a second wave started the week of Aug. 10; over the past two months, officials reported more than 30 cases in Mohave County, Arizona.
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Measles Outbreak Growing in Arizona and Utah
“One of the largest measles outbreaks in the U.S. is now centered in bordering areas of southwestern Utah and Arizona,” NBC News reports. “In Southwest Utah, all but one of the 23 confirmed cases are among unvaccinated, school-age kids, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported. In Mohave County, Arizona, which health officials believe is connected to the Utah outbreak, there have been 42 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus…
Measles outbreak worsens along Arizona-Utah border
Dozens of people in Arizona and Utah have contracted measles as an outbreak along the border continues to grow.Over the past two months, Arizona reported more than 30 cases of measles in Mohave County. Another 25 cases have been reported in Southwest Utah.People in Utah could have been exposed anywhere from a high school to a Chick-fil-A.Most of those who contracted the disease are children who were not vaccinated, officials said.Health official…
One of the largest outbreaks of measles in the U.S. currently focuses on areas bordering southwestern Utah and Arizona. In southwestern Utah, all but one of the 27 confirmed cases of unvaccinated school-age children, according to the Department of Public Health of southwestern Utah. In Mohave County, Arizona, which health authorities believe is related to the Utah outbreak, 42 cases of this highly contagious virus have been confirmed.
Most of the cases are located in the southwest of the state and a smaller strip in downtown Utah.
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