Measles Accelerates To 2nd-Highest Level In U.S. In 25 Years

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By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
(CNN) — The number of measles cases in the United States made its biggest jump of the year, with 90 new cases reported in just one week, according to numbers released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With 555 total cases, 2019 now has the second-highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 years — and the year isn’t even half over.
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