Fewer rubella cases in '95

From: The Boston Globe | Date: July 16, 1995| Author: Richard Saltus, Globe Staff | Copyright information

City health officials say three cases of rubella, or German measles, have been reported since June but they do not expect the mini-outbreak to match the highly unusual total of 130 cases last year in and around Boston.

Rubella is a rare disease these days due to immunization, but it flared last year in prisons and shelters, finally ending with the last case diagnosed on June 18, 1994.

The characteristic respiratory illness followed by a rash normally is little more than an inconv...

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