FILE - In this March 27, 2019, file photo, a woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. U.S. Health officials there were no new measles cases reported last week, a sign the nation’s worst epidemic of the disease in 27 years could be in its final stages. The current epidemic emerged about a year ago. It took off this year, with most of the cases reported in Orthodox Jewish communities in and around New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- U.S. health officials say 2019 was the worst year for the measles in 27 years.
In 2019, there were more than 1,200 cases of the measles in the United States. A majority of the cases were among people who were not vaccinated against the virus.
Health officials said 31 states, including Kentucky and Indiana, had confirmed cases. More than three quarters of the cases originated in New York.
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