US Measles Outbreak Surpasses 700 Cases Across Six States

The AP (4/11, Shastri) reported that US measles cases surpassed “700 as of Friday, capping a week in which Indiana joined five others states with active outbreaks, Texas grew by another 60 cases and a third measles-related death was made public.” Other states with active measles outbreaks – defined as three or more cases – include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. The multistate outbreak “confirms health experts’ fears that the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year.”