Europe Urged to Vaccinate Against ‘Dramatic’ Measles Spread
- Cases in first 6 months of 2018 already more than last year
- Vaccine coverage ticks up overall, yet gaps remain in areas
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Global health officials called for increased vaccination efforts amid burgeoning rates of measles infection in Europe.
More people in Europe contracted the potentially deadly virus in the first six months of 2018 than in all of last year, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said Monday. The first-half total was more than seven times the cases seen in all of 2016.