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Measles doctors on the front lines in Utah speak out

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah as the U.S. faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease.

(Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News) Emilie Morris, a hospital pediatrician in Salt Lake County and Utah County in Utah, has treated children severely ill with measles: “The child is hunched over, mouth open, drooling, crying, maybe not even producing tears, because they’re so dehydrated.”

(Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News) Emilie Morris, a hospital pediatrician in Salt Lake County and Utah County in Utah, has treated children severely ill with measles: “The child is hunched over, mouth open, drooling, crying, maybe not even producing tears, because they’re so dehydrated.”

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