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Pennsylvania alerts on congenital measles case unseen in decades
Original: Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles–something unseen for decades
Pennsylvania health authorities have issued an alert about a case of congenital measles, a condition the United States has not seen in decades. Congenital measles occurs when a newborn is infected in the womb from an unvaccinated mother, and its reemergence is being read as a warning sign of falling vaccination coverage. Health commentators are treating it as evidence that declining MMR uptake is allowing once-eliminated diseases to reach dangerous new populations.
Why now: The reappearance of a disease long considered eliminated in the US alarms people and points to declining vaccination rates.
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