A file photo shows a vial of a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in May 2019. A growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has sickened dozens of unvaccinated children and hospitalized nine of them.
Mandatory Credit:	Paul Vernon/AP

A file photo shows a vial of a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in May 2019. A growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has sickened dozens of unvaccinated children and hospitalized nine of them.
Mandatory Credit: Paul Vernon/AP

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As measles outbreak sickens more than a dozen children in Ohio, local health officials seek help from CDC

A growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has sickened more than a dozen unvaccinated children and hospitalized nine of them, and local public health officials are seeking assistance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.