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Vaccine refusals fuel jump in measles outbreaks
The number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported. Full story
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Aug. 21: The CDC reported Thursday that the number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1997, almost half of which involve children whose parents refused to have them vaccinated. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.
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