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Dorothy Brooks

Teton County Ends Measles Emergency After Outbreak Linked to Grand Teton Worker Housing

Teton County, Wyoming commissioners have voted to rescind the local emergency declaration issued in July for a measles outbreak that began in concessionaire employee housing inside Grand Teton National Park.

"At this point, based on the known infectious periods of previous cases and the incubation period of any possible new cases, we do not expect to see more cases linked to our measles outbreak earlier this summer," Teton County Public Health Director Travis Riddell said in an email. "That means the Teton County outbreak is over."

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