Pennsylvania Doctor Urges Vaccination Amid Measles Outbreak

Pennsylvania doctor urges vaccination amid measles outbreak

Pennsylvania doctor urges vaccination as measles outbreak grows

Pennsylvania doctor urges vaccination as measles outbreak grows

The CDC has confirmed more than 4,000 cases of measles this year as the country grapples with the largest outbreak of the highly infectious virus in 35 years. Nearly a fifth of cases comprise children under the age of five, and 95% are among unvaccinated people. Amna Nawaz spoke with Dr. Evan Shirey, a pediatric infectious disease doctor based in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kids

By the time kids with measles are sick enough to be hospitalized, the virus has already swept through families, blindsiding parents who didn’t realize it could cause such severe complications.