Cases in the nation’s largest current measles outbreak are still ticking up after officials said infections have spread from the South into the Pacific Northwest.
Washington state health officials on Jan. 16 confirmed an outbreak connected to a contagious family traveling from South Carolina. The Southern state has a major outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease, with nearly 250 new cases documented in a week’s span.
The three cases in Washington are all among unvaccinated children in Snohomish County, just north of Seattle, according to the state’s health department. The children had fever, cough and rash, all common indicators of measles. They tested positive Jan. 14, the Snohomish County Health Department said…