Vaccine refusals fuel jump in measles outbreaks

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:35 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Seeded by Mystic Chick (Clipped by Romney)

The number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported.

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