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Surge in US measles cases leads to extraordinary measures

    NEW YORK - Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York.   As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States --- with 704 cases this year and counting --- some local health officials are trying to deal with contagion in unvaccinated communities by turning to extraordinary police powers from the past.     "Unfortunately, we are revisiting diseases from another generation," said Jason Schwartz, an assistant professor of health policy at the Yale School of Public Health.   "And now we are revisiting public health responses from another gen...

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Motorcyclist dead in Lucena collision

LUCENA CITY ---- A motorcyclist running against a one-way street died after he collided with another motorcycle in Lucena City early Friday....