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Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special EditionBy Marie Rosenthal, MSTwenty-three more cases of measles were reported with one more state reporting cases, bringing the total number of confirmed measles cases in the United States to 1,356 as of Aug. 5, according to the CDC.Most of the cases have been in children, and 92% occurred among unvaccinated people, or those whose vaccination status was unknown. One hundred seventy-one people have been hospitalized, and th