Health officials on high alert as Disneyland measles outbreak spreads

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A measles outbreak linked to Disneyland continues to spread and while California remains the hardest hit state, health officials in Arizona are on high alert ahead of the Super Bowl.

Authorities have confirmed at least 109 cases, 91 of which are in California, according to a Friday update from the California Department of Public Health. That's up from 78 cases reported on Jan. 23. Seven Arizona residents have been infected, but at least 1,000 people in three counties in the Grand Canyon state have also been exposed to the highly contagious airborne disease,

"This is a critical point in this outbreak," the director of Arizona Department of Health Services, Will Humble, wrote in a blog post Read more...

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