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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Health officials in Illinois will give an update Friday on measles cases in the state. Officials say there are currently 10 measles cases in Illinois as they are asking clinicians to ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared the Southern Illinois measles outbreak over. There were eight total ...
The outbreak of measles in southern Illinois is over, according to IDPH, with no news cases reported since May 22.
As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought ...
Of the 1,288 measles cases nationwide, a majority of them come from Texas. The Lone Star state's 753 confirmed cases are the ...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to immediately declare a public health emergency for measles, blaming the senior Trump ...
While Illinois has had eight cases of the virus so far this year, at least 1,288 cases have been confirmed nationwide, the ...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to declare a Public Health Emergency for measles as cases hit the highest levels in decades. In a ...
Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) took steps to prevent the spread of measles, including conducting vaccine outreach clinics, activating mobile vaccinations, and issuing health ...
While concern over a resurgence in measles cases nationwide grows, the Illinois Department of Public Health is taking steps ...