California Nears End to Measles Outbreak, Officials Say
On Friday, California public health officials hope to declare the measles outbreak that originated at Disneyland over if no additional B3-strain measles cases are reported in the next few days. According to James Watt, chief of the California Department of Public Health's communicable disease control, the state must get through two back-to-back incubation periods, or 42 days, without a new measles case before declaring an end to the outbreak.
- "End in Sight for the Spread of Measles That Started at Disneyland" (Craft, Sacramento Bee, 4/14).