: a cysticercus tapeworm larva
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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All this while presiding over the largest outbreak of measles in the US in more than two decades, which by June 2025 had killed three people in a wholly vaccine-preventable tragedy.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Medical services The report comes as nearly 180 detainees at the facility are quarantined due to possible measles exposure, according to DHS.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026
The Merced County Department of Public Health said Friday, June 5, that measles virus material was found in routine wastewater surveillance samples collected in the county.
—Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
America's Poison Centers (APC) issued a press release on April 5, 2025, detailing the rise in the use of alternative measles prevention, and the dangerous side effects posed by the overconsumption of vitamin A and cod liver oil.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Medical services The report comes as nearly 180 detainees at the facility are quarantined due to possible measles exposure, according to DHS.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026
The Merced County Department of Public Health said Friday, June 5, that measles virus material was found in routine wastewater surveillance samples collected in the county.
—Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
America's Poison Centers (APC) issued a press release on April 5, 2025, detailing the rise in the use of alternative measles prevention, and the dangerous side effects posed by the overconsumption of vitamin A and cod liver oil.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
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“Measle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/measle. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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measle
noun
mea·sle
ˈmē-zəl 
: cysticercus
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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