Boston Tries to Contain Measles Outbreak
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Boston health officials worked to contain the city’s first outbreak of measles in seven years after four people in a downtown office tower were diagnosed with the highly infectious disease.
The Boston Public Health Commission opened a second emergency health clinic at the 60-story John Hancock Tower after it became known that hundreds of workers may be at risk of developing measles.
Measles was long considered a normal childhood disease, but the virus can cause severe complications in otherwise healthy children and adults, including sometimes fatal encephalitis.
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