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16 April 2019
Rockland County, New York, is the site of a major measles outbreakJohannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
By Chelsea WhyteMEASLES is making a comeback in the US. Public health departments are starting to take serious measures to curb the disease, but in an age of misinformation, simply telling people to get vaccinated may not be enough.
New York City is taking drastic action. On 9 April, mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency in the borough of Brooklyn, and mandated that anyone living in the four zip codes where a measles outbreak has raged since October must be vaccinated …