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Boston Tries to Contain Measles Outbreak
From Times Wire Reports
May 26, 2006
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.
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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.
Boston Tries to Contain Measles Outbreak
From Times Wire Reports
May 26, 2006
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.
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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.