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20 HRs agoHealth and Wellness
Brooklyn Measles Outbreak Shows Risks
A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y., this year shows how easily one of the most contagious diseases leaps hemispheres.
By Betsy McKay
A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y., this year shows how easily one of the most contagious diseases leaps hemispheres.
In March, New York City health authorities saw a sudden rise in measles cases in several densely populated Orthodox Jewish communities.
The disease quickly spread. Among the 58 measles cases reported thus far, a child contracted pneumonia and two pregnant women were hospitalized, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. One of the women had a miscarriage.
The department traced the outbreak to a person who it concluded brought the virus from a trip to London, says Jay Varma, the department?s deputy commissioner for disease control. Overall, vaccination rates are high in the communities, he says, but the outbreak then started in a small group of families with members who refused vaccines, he says...
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Flutrackers coverage of the outbreak: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205202
20 HRs agoHealth and Wellness
Brooklyn Measles Outbreak Shows Risks
A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y., this year shows how easily one of the most contagious diseases leaps hemispheres.
By Betsy McKay
A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y., this year shows how easily one of the most contagious diseases leaps hemispheres.
In March, New York City health authorities saw a sudden rise in measles cases in several densely populated Orthodox Jewish communities.
The disease quickly spread. Among the 58 measles cases reported thus far, a child contracted pneumonia and two pregnant women were hospitalized, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. One of the women had a miscarriage.
The department traced the outbreak to a person who it concluded brought the virus from a trip to London, says Jay Varma, the department?s deputy commissioner for disease control. Overall, vaccination rates are high in the communities, he says, but the outbreak then started in a small group of families with members who refused vaccines, he says...
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Flutrackers coverage of the outbreak: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205202