U.S. CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally

CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally | CNN US government health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the world, and advising families traveling to a measles-affected country to get babies as young as 6 months vaccinated before they go. Brenda Goodman CNN

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The CDC also warned about lagging vaccination rates in 36 US states where fewer than 95% of kindergarteners have been vaccinated against measles, putting them below the herd immunity threshold. Herd immunity is the portion of the population that must be immunized against an infection to prevent its spread through the community.

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