Measles spread ‘like wildfire’ among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says

Measles spread ‘like wildfire’ among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says

A pocket of unvaccinated children in northeast B.C. allowed cases of measles in the region to spread "like wildfire," says B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Martin Lavoie.He made the remarks during a provincial update on the disease that has

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