It's a disease that usually infects 60 people throughout the United States over the course of one year. But this year the number of measles cases has already more than doubled, and spread to people in 13 states, including Illinois.
There are only a handful of cases in the Land of Lincoln, the closest cases reported in Macomb.
But here's the thing: Doctors say measles is highly contagious and if you're not vaccinated there's a good chance you could add to the outbreak.
"So a lot of these old time diseases, we're starting to see a rise of all of them," Dr. Valarie Thompson of the Hospital Sisters Health System said.
The measles is the most recent.
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