The 27 new cases involved exposures at schools, churches, and in households.
Researchers identify nearly 5 excess cardiovascular events per 100 patients in the year after diagnosis.
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
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