City Measles Outbreak Prompts Public Health Emergency

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 10, 2019

Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, discusses New York City's declaration of a public health emergency following a recent measles outbreak and other ways the city is combating the virus.

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