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Melissa Palmer

Melissa Palmer

Public Health Director, Mohave County Department of Public Health, Arizona

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Notable Quotes

“We’re asking everyone to check their vaccination records and…protect themselves and their families.”

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America’s measles comeback: how vaccine gaps turned 2025 into the worst year in decades

Force in Play

Coordinating response to the Arizona side of the Colorado City–Hildale outbreak

Measles, the virus the U.S. declared vanquished in 2000, is back with a vengeance. In 2025 it has infected nearly 2,000 Americans, with runaway outbreaks now in South Carolina's Upstate and the Arizona–Utah border towns, forcing hundreds of mostly unvaccinated students and families into quarantine.

Updated 5 days ago