Canada’s Measles Outbreak Reaches About 4,200 Cases

The New York Times (7/30, Isai) reports Canada’s public health agency “has recorded about 4,200 measles cases this year, more than three times as many as the 1,300 cases recorded in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Health officials in Alberta, “a hot spot for the outbreak, have urged the provincial leader to declare a public health emergency to stave off infections.” The western province “has recorded about 1,600 cases.”