"Chicago Measles Outbreak Prompts CDC Response Team Deployment"

The CDC is sending a team to Chicago to assist with the city's first measles cases since 2019, with five cases confirmed in the past week. The Chicago Department of Public Health is urging vaccination and has partnered with agencies to assess and vaccinate residents at a new arrivals shelter. The CDC recommends the MMR vaccine for all children and adults, and teams are being directed to other shelters in Chicago to provide vaccinations and mitigate the spread of the disease. Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but sporadic outbreaks have occurred due to pockets of unvaccinated communities.