Measles Outbreak Spreads in Austria

April 4, 2008 By VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A measles outbreak in and around the Austrian city of Salzburg has spread to about 180 people, most of them schoolchildren, authorities said Thursday.

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