Chicken Pox -- United States
The city's health department is investigating an outbreak of chickenpox in the Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg [Brooklyn, New York City].
75 children have been stricken since March [2016]. Nearly 3/4ths [75 percent] of them did not receive a vaccination against the virus, and an additional 14 percent did not receive the recommended number of doses, according to the health department, which says 2 doses of the vaccine are 98 percent effective.
The city sent out an alert to
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/20crZK0
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