Health officials confirm Cook County’s first two measles cases of the year

Public health officials confirmed the first two cases of measles in Cook County this year on Wednesday – as the illness continues to spread across the country. One case is in a suburban Cook County resident whose vaccination status is unknown. The other case is a Chicago resident who traveled internationally in early April, who previously had one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, according to a news release from the Cook County, Chicago and Illinois departments of public health. The suburban Cook County resident went to a...