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The latest on the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania

Here & Now’s Scott Tong talks with Pittsburgh-based infectious disease, critical care and emergency medicine physician Dr. Amesh Adalja about the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania.

This week, state authorities confirmed that a fourth person has died from the disease, and there have been four breakthrough cases reported in fully vaccinated people.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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