(CNN) Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, New York is requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated, even if parents have religious objections. "We are dealing with a public health emergency that requires immediate action," state Sen. Brad Hoylman, sponsor of the Senate bill, said during the vote. New York has become the epicenter of a measles outbreak in the United States that is now in its ninth month. His county is among those with the highest number of measles cases in the state. New York health authorities face an additional challenge: ultra-Orthodox Jews travel frequently to Israel and Europe, where there have been more than 100,000 measles cases this year.

Source: CNN June 13, 2019 23:07 UTC