Oregon’s public health officials are urging families to get vaccinated after measles was detected in the wastewater of six Oregon counties.
Just a handful of cases have been confirmed so far, but OHA’S Director of Communicable Disease and Immunization, Dr. Howard Chiou, said health officials have declared an outbreak and believe the disease is spreading throughout Oregon.
“These cases likely represent just a fraction of the true number of cases because not everyone who becomes sick will seek treatment or get tested,” Chiou said during an online press conference Thursday…