CDC: US Measles Count Reaches 141 Cases In 17 States And DC.

that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday that the number of measles cases increased to 141, having spread to 17 states and the District of Columbia between Jan. 1 and Feb. 13, with 113, or 80% of the cases, linked to the multistate outbreak stemming from Disneyland. The numbers represent a 16.5% increase from last week, suggesting the outbreak is gradually slowing but not yet under control, especially in California where half of the 20 new cases were reported. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-continue-spread-reaching-141-cases-17-states/story?id=29018910 The AP (2/18, Stobbe) reports that most of the new illnesses are “tied to outbreaks at Disneyland in California and an Illinois day care center.” Eight of the 20 new cases are linked to “the suburban Chicago outbreak at a day care center, and two unrelated cases in Nevada.” The CDC has said that most of those infected this year “were not vaccinated”; in some cases, children were “too young to get the shots.”