Measles Returns: Survey of Immunization Rates

The investigative teams of ABC-owned television stations across the country have analyzed local measles immunization rates and found local schools in communities across the country with a lower immunity rate than that of the community. community or "herd". According to the World Health Organization, 93 to 95% of people in a population must be vaccinated against measles so that the rest of the population is safe from this highly contagious disease.

View the country's measles data and check vaccination rates in your area.

Measles in Los Angeles: KABC studies vaccination rates in Los Angeles County and California.

Measles in Central California: KFSN is studying vaccination rates in six counties in California.

Measles in San Francisco: KGO studies vaccination rates in nine counties in the Bay Area.

Measles in Houston: KTRK studies vaccination rates in Texas.

Measles in New York: WABC studies vaccination rates in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Measles in Chicago: WLS studies immunization rates in Illinois and Indiana.

Measles in Philadelphia: WPVI studies vaccination rates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Measles in Raleigh-Durham: WTVD studies vaccination rates in North Carolina.