Q&A: Measles pops up in outbreak linked to Disneyland parks
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 01:30
in Health & Medicine
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Measles cases have been popping up around California in an outbreak linked to visits to Disney theme parks in Orange County during the winter holiday. The highly contagious respiratory illness was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but health officials have seen a surge of measles infections in the country in recent years. A question-and-answer look at the latest measles outbreak, how the disease spreads and how it can be stopped:...