1989 Measles Research Paper

The 1989 Measles outbreak affected the U.S. tremendously. Not only the people’s lives it touched, but the medical world too. It took the lives of a number of people, created considerable hardship for those who recovered, and cost the U.S. a reported 30.9 million dollars to help fight the outbreak. The sad news is that it could have all been prevented.
According to WebMD, the Measles is a very infectious disease that causes rashes all over your body. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 3-5 days after the symptoms begin which, include high fever,cough,runny nose,and red watery eyes, a rash breaks out. The rash usually begins as flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet. Small raised bumps may also appear on top of the flat red spots. The spots may become joined together as they spread from the head to the rest of the body. When the rash appears, a person’s fever may spike to more than 104° Fahrenheit. After a few days, the fever subsides and
According to western journal of medicine ( The cost of medical care and outbreak control for the epidemic is conservatively estimated at $30.9 million. Medscape also states that California had its worst measles epidemic in more than a decade, with 16,400 reported cases, 3,390 hospital admissions, and 75 deaths. More than half of these patients were younger than 5 years old with most cases affecting infants up to a year old. The CDC also states that during the 1989 measles outbreak, health departments reported a shocking 7,335 cases of measles. According to Medscape from 1989 to 1991 there were more than 55,000 reported cases, or about 18,000 cases a year compared with about 3,000 cases annually earlier in the