"Chicago Migrant Shelter Measles Outbreak Spurs Vaccination Campaign as Cases Rise"

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Chicago health officials are racing to vaccinate community members amid a measles outbreak in the city's largest migrant shelter, with 15 reported cases mostly from a shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood. The outbreak has prompted concerns over conditions inside crowded migrant shelters and a new wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric. While the shelter has reached a vaccination rate of over 95%, the city is also planning to vaccinate migrants at other facilities and isolate unvaccinated people for three weeks. The outbreak highlights the need for increased vaccination uptake among Chicagoans and globally, as measles cases have been on the rise.
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