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(MSC News)- The number of measles cases in Kansas has more than doubled.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Wednesday that 23 people have now tested positive for measles since the start of this year, with 21 of those cases from this month.
The outbreak has spread to six counties in southwest and south central Kansas.
All of the cases are children under the age of 17, except for two. Twenty of the measles patients have never been vaccinated.
Measles is highly contagious and can lead to hospitalization or death.
State health officials say the Kansas cases might be linked to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico.
The state and local health departments are notifying people who might have been exposed.
Health officials urge people to vaccinate.
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