The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city's recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday. On March 7, 2024, Chicago health officials confirmed the city's first measles case in five years. Since the beginning of the outbreak, more than 30,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine have been administered to Chicago residents, according to CDPH. PHOTO: The MMR vaccine for measles, mumps or rubella at Logan Square Health Center in Chicago in 2019. Over the last several years, however, vaccination rates have dipped and pockets of unvaccinated and undervaccinated communities have led to sporadic outbreaks across the U.S.Chicago health officials say city's measles outbreak is over originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 31, 2024 08:29 UTC