The United States’ second-largest measles outbreak this year continues to spread and worry doctors in North Texas. That includes Dr. Carla Garcia Carreno, medical director for infection prevention and control at Children’s Medical Center Plano.
“Since 1992, this has been by far the worst,” Garcia Carreno said.
The country has seen 1,618 measles cases and three deaths so far this year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ninety-two percent of those cases are in unvaccinated people. Two of the three deaths are school-aged children from West Texas.
Cases reported in multiple states
“In South Carolina, there are a bunch of students that were put in quarantine because they were exposed to measles, and they’re not immunized,” Garcia Carreno said…