The CDC also says the rise in measles cases is tied to an increase in the number of travelers who get measles overseas and bring it into the U.S. Of the 34 cases, 24 are children between age 1 and 10. The illness can have serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis, or swelling of the brain.
"Two weeks after the exposure you might see some cases, and those people who got sick are exposing other people". In all but four instances, the person who had contracted the disease had not been immunized. The vaccination status for the remaining four is, for now, unclear. The outbreak is being closely monitored and one person has been taken to the hospital.
Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963 measles was the single leading killer of children in the world. However, state laws allowing parents to opt out of mandatory vaccinations quickly began eroding those statistics, leading to outbreaks across the nation.
For one thing, Schultz's candidacy as an independent would potentially draw some anti-Donald Trump centrists who would have otherwise voted for the Democratic candidate.
The Associated Press reports that two confirmed cases of measles in Hawaii were in unvaccinated children who traveled to Hawaii from Washington state.
The MMR vaccine covers measles, mumps and rubella.