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In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles

With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.
For the past few months, nurse Dale Weiser has been making unexpected home visits.
As the state battles the deadliest measles outbreak in recent history, the clinical supervisor drives 30 miles (48.3km), sometimes daily, to a rural corner of Pennsylv... [6944 chars]
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