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Measles cases in Iowa rise amid largest US outbreak in decades
Original: Measles in Iowa up year-over-year amid largest national outbreak in decades
Measles cases in Iowa have increased year-over-year, according to local reporting, as the United States contends with its largest national measles outbreak in decades. Health officials have been urging vaccination as the highly contagious virus continues to spread across multiple states, and the Iowa uptick adds to growing concern about the resurgence of a disease once considered eliminated in the country.
Why now: The national measles outbreak has raised alarm, and a local increase in Iowa heightens public concern about the disease's resurgence.
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