Investigation uncovers high measles risk at 350 Southern California schools with low vaccination rates

Concerns are heightened across the United States as the East Coast experiences an unexpected outbreak of measles. A CBS News investigation revealed that at least 8,500 American schools are at risk of similar outbreaks as vaccination rates drop below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended 95% for student bodies, hundreds of which are located in California.

'It could spread really quickly if we don't have herd immunity,' says Nava Yeganeh with the Los Angeles County Health Department. She says that 95% of students have to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity that would prevent a large outbreak, and that numbers below that line is dangerous.

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