Chickenpox Outbreak Spreads At School With High Anti-Vaccination Rate

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (CBS Local)— A chickenpox outbreak at a private school where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines has grown to the state’s largest in more than two decades.
As of Friday, 36 children have contracted chickenpox at the Asheville Waldorf School, in Ashville, North Carolina, according to health officials. It is the worst outbreak in the state since the varicella vaccine was introduced in 1995.
The school, which enrolls children from early childhood throug