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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Officials declare measles outbreak in Pacific Northwest over By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — A mea- sles outbreak that sickened more than 70 people, mostly children, in the Pacific Northwest is finally over even as the total number of cases nationwide continues to spike to near-record lev- els, officials said Monday. Six weeks have passed without a new infection in southwest Washington state, where the outbreak began on Jan. 3, said Dr. Alan Melnick, head of the Clark County public health department. A total of 71 people were infected — a tally that does not include a handful of cases in Portland and Seattle that were linked to the outbreak’s epicenter. The good news from the Pacific Northwest comes as authorities elsewhere strug- gled with the most measles cases in the U.S. since 1994. Across the country, 704 cases have been reported in 22 states as of Monday, according to the U.S. Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention. A large outbreak in the New York City area has stymied public health officials and more than 350 students at two major Cali- fornia universities remained quarantined after possible exposure, down from 800 students last week. AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File In this Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, a health care worker prepares syringes, including a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), for a child’s inoculations at the International Com- munity Health Services in Seattle. traveled from the Ukraine to the U.S. Authorities could not determine, however, that the child was the source of the outbreak. It spread quickly among unvaccinated children: Ninety-three percent of the cases were in those under age 18 and 86 per- cent of patients were unvac- cinated, while 14 percent had had just one dose of a two-dose series of shots or didn’t know their vaccina- tion status. One person was hospitalized. The outbreak cost nearly “We’re grateful to see this outbreak come to an end without any deaths or seri- ous complications,” Melnick said. “But as long as mea- sles exists elsewhere in the world and people continue travel, we’re at risk of seeing another outbreak. We must improve our immunization rates to prevent future out- breaks and keep our chil- dren and other vulnerable people safe.” In Washington state, the outbreak began four months ago when measles was con- firmed in a child who had Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Sunny to partly cloudy Mostly sunny and pleasant $1 million and 19,000 hours of staffing time to con- tain and affected 53 public places, including schools, hospitals, airports, stores and restaurants in both Washington and Oregon, officials said. Melnick said during the outbreak, public health authorities struggling to contain its spread identi- fied and contacted more than 4,100 people who were exposed to the viral illness and made daily monitoring phone calls to more than 800 people considered suscepti- 60° 35° 65° 39° 65° 41° 72° 44° 69° 45° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 67° 36° 70° 42° 70° 43° 79° 47° 75° 46° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 66/42 56/34 66/36 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 63/40 Lewiston 69/38 68/37 Astoria 63/43 Pullman Yakima 66/38 68/36 61/36 Portland Hermiston 71/43 The Dalles 67/36 Salem Corvallis 68/39 La Grande Yesterday Normals Records 55/27 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 68/39 55/28 55/27 Ontario 63/33 Caldwell Burns 0.00" 0.29" 0.85" 3.88" 4.05" 3.96" Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 71/40 Wed. NNE 4-8 NNW 6-12 in a supplemental lawsuit filed in late March against the Interior Department, U.S. Bureau of Land Man- agement and the U.S. For- est Service say the plan weakens an earlier ver- sion put forward by the Barack Obama adminis- tration in 2015. The groups also sued in 2016 contend- ing the Obama plan didn’t do enough to protect sage grouse — a chicken-sized bird that relies on sagebrush. The groups say the plan put forward by Trump weak- ens protections further. Last week, they asked a judge to block the Trump admin- istration plan altogether in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Col- orado, Nevada, California and Oregon. Idaho officials have long argued that the plan the state put forward in 2015 was significantly altered at the last minute by the Obama administration, which added new protections to key sage grouse areas. The 2015 sage grouse plans are widely considered to have stopped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from listing sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act. CORRECTIONS: The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. WINDS (in mph) 60/30 56/22 BOISE, Idaho — Two states are seeking to inter- vene on the side of the fed- eral government after four conservation groups asked a judge to immediately halt drilling, mining and other activities to protect habitat for a ground-dwelling bird in seven Western states. Idaho and Utah filed documents in U.S. District Court late last week seeking to defend a plan put forward by President Donald Trump in mid-March. The conservation groups 63° 28° 68° 42° 87° (1939) 27° (1952) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 69/36 0.00" 1.68" 1.12" 7.76" 5.41" 5.08" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 52/25 69/40 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 60/35 68/38 57° 31° 66° 42° 91° (1926) 25° (1907) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 66/38 Aberdeen 57/35 63/41 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 66/43 ble to contracting measles. The outbreak prompted a public conversation in both Washington and Ore- gon about routine childhood vaccines. The two adjoining states have some of the nation’s highest statewide vaccine exemption rates, driven in part by low vaccination lev- els in scattered communi- ties and at some private and alternative schools. Four percent of Washing- ton secondary school stu- dents have non-medical vac- cine exemptions. In Oregon, Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling plan lawsuit Associated Press PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST In this Jan. 30, 2019, file pho- to, a sign warning patients and visitors of a measles outbreak is shown posted at The Vancouver Clinic in Van- couver, Wash. Officials in the Pacific Northwest say a mea- sles outbreak that sickened multiple people is over. which has a similar law, 7.5 percent of kindergarteners in 2018 were missing shots for non-medical reasons. Numerous studies have shown vaccines do not cause autism — a common reason cited by those who don’t want their kids immunized. In Washington, lawmak- ers sent a bill to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk that would tighten up exemption rules for the mumps, measles and rubella shots. In Ore- gon, lawmakers will vote to remove a families’ ability to opt out of required school vaccinations for personal, philosophical or religious reasons. Before mass vaccina- tion, 400 to 500 people in the U.S. died of the measles every year. Serious com- plications include brain swelling that can cause blindness or deafness and pneumonia. Early symptoms include a fever, runny nose and malaise, followed by a rash that starts around the head and moves down the body. Patients are contagious four days before and four days after getting the rash. Nine out of 10 unvac- cinated people who are exposed will get the disease. Someone who has no immu- nity can get sick up to three weeks after they have been exposed to the virus. St. Anthony Provider Spotligh t WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 58/27 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 5:45 a.m. 8:01 p.m. 4:23 a.m. 3:40 p.m. New First Full Last May 4 May 11 May 18 May 26 Dr Reddy is now accepting new patients. NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 95° in Presidio, Texas Low 5° in St. Mary, Mont. 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