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Officials encourage vaccinations in wake of measles outbreak

White House, CDC is encouraging the public to get vaccinated against the measles to avoid catching them.

By Dan Cook | Updated on February 02, 2015
Pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1 year- old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

If it isn’t one communicable, and fairly preventable, disease, it’s another. They rage through day cares, theme parks, workplaces and shopping malls. And yet, Americans resist the vaccinations that would safeguard most of them from getting sick.

The Centers for Disease Control had barely updated its flu season checklist when Disneyland experienced a measles outbreak. With the often deadly disease snaking its way around the Southwest and into Mexico, CDC officials urged the public to get a measles vaccination.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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