GOOD NEWS ON MEASLES.Only 100 cases of the measles measles or rubeola (r  bē`ələ), highly contagious disease of young children, caused by a filterable virus and spread by droplet spray from the nose, mouth, , a record low, were recorded last
year, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. . All but 29
of those were linked to infections brought into the country from abroad,
the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation said. At its peak in 1941, 22 years before the vaccine became available, measles infected nearly 900,000 Americans and killed 2,279. Now the CDC data suggest that no more strains of the virus are circulating in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , but measles still kills about 1 million people worldwide each year. All U.S. states require that children be immunized by age 2. |
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