Disneyland employees diagnosed with measles

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Several Disneyland employees have been diagnosed with measles, including two who had been vaccinated.

A measles outbreak has been traced to people who visited the theme park between Dec. 17 and 20, and there are now 53 total cases, the Los Angeles Times reports. The disease has spread across California, three states, and Mexico, after infecting people inside of Disneyland who then left and spread it in the broader community. In Orange County, for example, Huntington Beach High School students without proof of vaccination are being told to leave school until the outbreak is over; so far, about two dozen students have been sent home until Jan. 29.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.