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Summit County health officials prepare for measles risk as students return to school

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Utah has recorded more than 500 measles cases so far this year and nine new cases since the school year began. When we look at the data that are presented from last school year, we did start to see an uptick around the November-December timeframe, he said on KPCW's Local News Hour Oct.

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