Related: Watch how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated – and when they don'tMeasles is highly contagious and preventable through vaccines. Efforts to encourage immunization have encountered resistance in part because some people underestimate the danger of measles, Schryer said. Officials last year said a measles outbreak that sprouted at Disneyland in California and spread to several other states was largely fueled by parents refusing to vaccinate children. Health officials in Arizona say the largest current measles outbreak in the United States is in part because some workers at a federal immigration detention center refuse to get vaccinated. The facility includes about 350 CCA employees and an unknown number of ICE staffers, although Schryer estimates it’s about 100.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2016 14:42 UTC