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1991 measles outbreak
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- 1Worst US measles outbreak since 1991 accelerates, Pennsylvania hardest hit▼With Pennsylvania hardest hit, worst US measles outbreak since 1991 accelerates
The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak since 1991, with Pennsylvania recording the highest number of cases as the outbreak accelerates. Health officials are urging vaccination as the highly contagious virus continues to spread, and observers are raising concerns about falling immunisation rates and the public health response.
- 2Philadelphia Revisits Its Deadly 1991 Measles Outbreak▼When Religion Becomes Deadly: Philly’s 1991 Measles Outbreak
Philadelphia is looking back at its 1991 measles outbreak, which killed several children and was concentrated in communities linked to two churches that discouraged vaccination. The retrospective recounts how religious objections to immunization allowed the disease to spread rapidly, particularly in Philadelphia's Faith Tabernacle community, and how health officials eventually intervened to contain the outbreak.