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Officials Release New Numbers In Measles, Mumps Outbreaks

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 18, 2014 at 7:31 AM EDT

Ohio's measles outbreak appears to be coming to an end.  The Ohio Department of Health says the most recent case was reported nearly three-weeks ago. 368 cases have been confirmed in the outbreak that started when unvaccinated Amish people visited the Philippines, which has been dealing with it's own outbreak.Meanwhile, Columbus Public Health officials say they have confirmed 461 cases of mumps in an outbreak that started at Ohio State University.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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