Measles Cases Grow to 138 in Fundamentalist Community Along Utah-Arizona Border

This tight-knit community was recovering from a cultlike leader. Then measles got in.

Years after the reign of Warren Jeffs, the Short Creek community on the Utah-Arizona border is focused on rebuilding. Missed vaccines were low on the list of priorities, until a measles outbreak.

Measles outbreak in Utah, Arizona grows to over 130 cases

The outbreak has affected parts of northwest Arizona and southwest Utah. Some have been hospitalized.

Measles outbreak grows in Southwest, 138 cases within two hours of Las Vegas

Health officials report 93 cases in Arizona’s Mohave County, 45 in southwest Utah

Measles cases grow to 138 in fundamentalist community along Utah-Arizona border

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The second-largest measles outbreak in the U.S. this year continues to expand, with 13 new cases confirmed this week. The outbreak in the Utah-Arizona border community of Colorado City, about 160 miles east of Las Vegas, is now up to 138 cases. The Arizona Department of Health Services reports 93 cases in Mohave County. Three hospitalizations are also reported, and four more cases have been confirmed farther east in Navajo Cou…