Boston Tries to Contain Measles Outbreak

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.