Health professionals on the front line against the measles outbreak in Oakland, Wayne counties

DETROIT – Hospital officials around Metro Detroit are trying to drive home a point about getting vaccinated against the measles: It could be a matter of life and death.

There have been more than 30 cases of the measles since the first case was diagnosed on March 14 in Oakland County. 

READ: Health officials now confirm 34 measles cases in Oakland, Wayne counties

A team of professionals from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Oakland County Health Division is tracking the measles outbreak, case by case. 

You can watch Paula Tutman's story above.


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Paula Tutman is an Emmy award-winning journalist who came to Local 4 in 1992. She's married and the stepmother of three beautiful and brilliant daughters. Her personal philosophy in life, love and community is, "Do as much as you can possibly do, not as little as you can possibly get away with".

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