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Washington state sees rapid increase in measles cases

Washington state health officials have seen a rapid increase of measles cases over the last two months. The state health department is continuing to urge residents to get vaccinated for the highly contagious disease.

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Mitch Borden is a general assignment reporter at KNKX. He’s worked at radio stations across the U.S. in places like rural Alaska and West Texas. Borden loves to cover all types of interesting stories. News tips can be sent to mborden@knkx.org.