Measles

Cases Reported Up After 1993 Low; More Refuse Shots On Religious Grounds

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 24th, 1995

The number of measles cases in the United States surged to 958 in 1994, up from a record low of 312 the previous year, according to a report July 7, 1995, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

The increase is not statistically significant, CDC said, because it was due in part to three major outbreaks involving mostly people who refused vaccination, and because there are so few cases to begin with.

As of June 13, 1995, local and state health departments in 39 states had reported 958 measles cases to CDC for 1994, according to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). This represents the second...

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