HEALTHMay 28 · 09:00 UTCKFF HEALTH NEWSAnnie Sciacca

In a Vaccine-Skeptical California County, a Potential Playbook To Contain Measles

Shasta County, California, a vaccine-hesitant area with conservative pandemic policies, successfully contained a measles outbreak through rapid public health response. Health officials traced exposures from nine cases, contacting over 600 people, and declared the outbreak over after two and a half months.

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James MupersonShasta CountyplaceCaliforniaplaceUniversity of California-San FranciscoorganizationPeter Chin-HongpersonCenters for Disease Control and PreventionorganizationUtahplaceSouth Carolinaplace

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