In 2000 the CDC officially declared that the highly contagious measles virus had been eliminated in the United States. This was made possible in large part to an aggressive vaccination campaign and increasing advocacy and education by healthcare workers. In recent years, however, we have begun to see an increase in cases returning throughout the country. While many of these cases can be traced to the virus entering the US via infected travelers from countries that do not offer routine measles vaccination, the increasing “anti-vax” movement, whether due to religious, medical, or moral objection, has also led to the creation of measles hot spots throughout the country. We are currently facing such an outbreak as the CDC has already reported 349 documented cases of measles as of February 2019, almost as many cases as were reported in the entire year of 2016, with new cases continuing to be reported weekly. These cases have been primarily located in pockets of Washington State, New York City and areas in upstate New York.
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The American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide continuing
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