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Colorado reports third case of measles; officials do not believe the cases were connected

PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - On Tuesday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said a third case of measles was confirmed in Colorado.

Officials said an adult in Archuleta County tested positive for measles. They could not confirm if the person was vaccinated.

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Measles vaccination rates may be lower than thought, undermining herd immunity concept

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its “elimination status” for the extremely contagious disease.

“We are experiencing an extremely concerning decline in measles vaccination in the very group most vulnerable to the disease,” said Benjamin Rader, a computational epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the author of a recent study that looked at children’s vaccination rates.  

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