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Chicago health officials confirm 2 more measles cases, bringing citywide total to 12

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Chicago health officials have confirmed two more measles cases, both of which stemming from the Pilsen migrant shelter. The latest case update brings the...

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  1. Migrant shelter measles cases could delay evictions in Chicago

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  2. Two more measles cases reported in Chicago migrant shelter

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    Chicago health officials confirm 2 more measles cases, bringing citywide total to 12

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  1. NBC News

    Chicago confirms two cases of measles after city resident and migrant child diagnosed (opens NBC News)

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    Chicago authorities have identified two cases of measles as of Friday, one city resident and a migrant child at a shelter, the first cases reported in Chicago since 2019.

  2. Breitbart News

    Measles Detected in Same Chicago Migrant Shelter Where Child Died (opens Breitbart News)

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    Health authorities in Chicago reported a second case of measles in the city, this time in a migrant shelter.

  3. Fox News

    Second case of measles confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter (opens Fox News)

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    Two cases of measles have been reported in Chicago this week, including a young child staying at a migrant shelter, according to the Department of Public Health.

  4. Axios

    Migrant shelter measles cases could delay evictions in Chicago (opens Axios)

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    Chicago health officials are bracing for more cases of the highly contagious respiratory disease.

  5. NBC News

    Chicago measles outbreak grows after more cases diagnosed in a migrant shelter (opens NBC News)

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    Two children and two adults in a migrant shelter in Chicago have gotten measles. The CDC is sending in a team of experts.

  6. The Hill

    Two more measles cases reported in Chicago migrant shelter (opens The Hill)

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    A team is heading to the city's largest migrant shelter where four residents have contracted the disease, prompting a call for state and federal help.

  7. MyStateline

    Measles outbreak at Chicago migrant shelter, CDC responds (opens MyStateline)

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    CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is working with the City of Chicago to contain an outbreak of measles at one of the city’s migrant shelters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting measles cases in 17 states.

  8. CBS News

    4 cases of measles now confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter, including CPS student (opens CBS News)

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    4 cases of measles now confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter

  9. Latin Times

    Measles Outbreak Grows in Chicago with Four new Cases Reported at Migrant Shelter (opens Latin Times)

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    All of the affected were reported in stable or good conditions

  10. Legal Insurrection

    CDC Helping Chicago as Measles Cases Rise at Illegal Immigrant Shelter (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    One of the children with measles is a student at a Chicago Public School.

  11. MedicalXpress

    Measles cases climb to 4 at Chicago migrant shelter outbreak (opens MedicalXpress)

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    As the number of measles cases at a migrant shelter in Chicago climbed to four on Monday, a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has headed to that city to help contain the outbreak.

  12. Fox32 Chicago

    CDC dispatches team to Chicago as measles cases prompt concerns (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    The Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed on Tuesday three more confirmed measles cases at the Pilsen migrant shelter.

  13. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    A CDC team joins the response to 7 measles cases in a Chicago shelter for migrants (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week, prompting the arrival of a team with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to guide city and state officials' response to the infections, including vaccination efforts.

  14. CNN

    All eligible people at Chicago migrant shelter have been vaccinated for measles in ‘unprecedented operation’ (opens CNN)

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    The Chicago Department of Public Health said Wednesday that everyone who is eligible for vaccination at the temporary shelter housing migrants at the center of a measles outbreak has now been vaccinated.

  15. NBC Chicago

    Chicago health officials confirm 3 new cases of measles in Pilsen migrant shelter, bringing citywide total to 8 (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Chicago health officials confirmed three new cases of measles in the Pilsen migrant shelter on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the city to eight.

  16. Newsweek

    Migrant measles cases spark fears of wider outbreak (opens Newsweek)

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    Chicago has confirmed measles infections in the city for the first time in five years.

  17. ABC 7 Chicago

    7 measles cases reported at Chicago migrant shelter, state moving exposed women, children to hotels (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    About 900 residents have received the measles vaccine after cases increased to seven at a Chicago migrant shelter in Pilsen.

  18. MedicalXpress

    Chicago migrant shelter reports measles outbreak (opens MedicalXpress)

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    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to Chicago to help contain an outbreak of measles that has sickened four.

  19. FOX 2 St. Louis

    Illinois measles outbreak linked to Chicago migrant shelter (opens FOX 2 St. Louis)

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    Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week, prompting the arrival of a team with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to guide city and state officials' response to the infections, including vaccination efforts.

  20. Legal Insurrection

    Chicago: Eight Measles Cases at Illegal Immigrant Shelter and Ten Confirmed in the City (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Two children of those eight cases attended a Chicago Public School.

  21. KVOA Tucson

    A CDC team joins the response to 8 measles cases in a Chicago shelter for migrants (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    Eight people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week. A team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supporting local

  22. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    CDC team responds to 7 measles cases at Chicago migrant shelter (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    The city on Friday publicly reported the first case at the shelter housing around 1,900 people. The other cases at the former warehouse in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood quickly followed, including three confirmed Tuesday.

  23. NBC Chicago

    Chicago confirms 2 new measles cases, including 1 from outside Pilsen migrant shelter, bringing total to 10 (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed that two new measles cases were detected on Wednesday, bringing the citywide total to 10 as state and city...

  24. Breitbart News

    Chicago Struck with Multiple Cases of Illegals with Measles, CDC Responds (opens Breitbart News)

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    Officials in Chicago have been struck with a third case of measles found in an illegal alien staying in one of the Windy City's shelters.

  25. Legal Insurrection

    Chicago: Two More Measles Cases at Illegal Immigrant Shelter Pushing Total to 12 (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Six adults. Six children.

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