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Jessica Glenza

US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak

A health worker holds the hand of a child who has a bandage on leg
The official tally very likely undercounts the scope of the outbreak, experts say. Photograph: Annie Rice/Reuters

The annual tally of measles cases in the US is the highest in 33 years, as an ongoing outbreak in west Texas continues to drive cases.

The latest figures mean Americans will have to look back to 1992 to find a worse year with the vaccine preventable disease. The official tally very likely undercounts the scope of the outbreak, experts told the Guardian.

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