Measles is making a comeback: Study foresees an epidemic risk for Florida

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As Florida considers dropping its measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine mandate for school attendance, a new study predicts that such a policy change could spark the largest measles epidemic in the United States in nearly 50 years. 

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