In just one week, the number of measles cases around the country so far this year jumped 20 percent, according to new CDC data.
Measles cases spiked last week as New York City's ongoing outbreak worsened, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
For more on investing in health-care innovation, click here to join CNBC at our Healthy Returns Summit in New York City on May 21. In Brooklyn's Williamsburg community alone, 41 new cases were reported in the past week, according to the city's health department. Since October, there have been 259 confirmed cases in Brooklyn and Queens, the health department said, most of which involved the Orthodox Jewish community.
The CDC linked the outbreaks in New York, Rockland County and New Jersey to people bringing the disease back from Israel, where a large outbreak is occurring.
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