According to Reuters, federal health officials at the CDC said on Monday that the United States recorded 71 new measles cases last week,
路透社消息,疾病防治中心聯邦健康官員周一表示美國上周記錄了71起麻疹新病例,
a 13 percent increase as the country faces its second-worst outbreak of the disease in almost two decades.
增長13%,該國面臨著近2個世紀以來第二嚴重的疾病爆發。
The U.S. outbreak is part of a worldwide rise in the once nearly eradicated disease.
這個一度將近滅絕的疾病在世界范圍內增長,美國是其中之一。

The World Health Organization reported last week that global cases had risen nearly four-fold
上周世界衛生組織報道稱,與去年同期相比,2019年第一季度
in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 compared with the same period last year.
該疾病全球病例增長近4倍至112,163起。
A vocal fringe of parents in the United States oppose vaccines, believing, contrary to scientific evidence,
美國很多家長反對疫苗并認為疫苗中的配方會導致孤獨癥和其他疾病,
that ingredients in them can cause autism or other disorders.
這些想法均與科學依據相違背。