Vulnerable to Measles

February 3, 2015
  • Industry News

Students at three California campuses -- Moorpark College, California State University at Channel Islands and California State University at Long Beach -- are now believed to have contracted measles, joining more than 90 other people in the state who have contracted the largely eradicated disease.

California students are within their legal rights to come to campus without having been vaccinated -- the state is one of 22 that does not require college students to be vaccinated against measles. As a result, many California colleges, including the 10 campuses of the University of California System, do not require students to receive immunizations before enrolling.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/02/03/22-states-dont-require-measles-immunizations-college-students