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Two UK cities hit by measles outbreaks as vaccination rates drop

29 November 2017

Two cities were hit by measles outbreaks last week. There were 11 confirmed cases in Leeds, and eight in Liverpool, all in children who had not been vaccinated
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Minnesota measles outbreak follows anti-vaccination campaign

10 May 2017

Anti-vaccination activists have been targeting Minnesota's Somali-American community, among whom the MMR vaccination rate has halved in a decade

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