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The United States has been battling one of the largest measles outbreaks in decades, with 465 confirmed cases in the country and 78 new cases in the past week alone. The city of New York has 285 confirmed cases since last fall. Dr. Oxiris Barbot, Commissioner of its Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, talks to Judy Woodruff about efforts to work with the community to promote immunization and dispel the myth.
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