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Back-to-school season expected to worsen record measles outbreak - The Hill

Published by The Hill By Joseph Choi · 24 August 2026 at 13:00
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Back-to-school season expected to worsen record measles outbreak - The Hill
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With kids returning to school amid the worst year of measles in more than 30 years and as a record number of children report exemptions from vaccines, the likelihood that the spread of measles will worsen is all but certain according to public health leaders.…

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