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Hawaii medical team races to stave off death and sickness in Samoa

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                                Mercy Nikolao, 3, wailed as she received a measles vaccination in Samoa.
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Mercy Nikolao, 3, wailed as she received a measles vaccination in Samoa.

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                                Children who have been vaccinated against measles took a nap under mosquito netting in a rural Samoan home today. The government of Samoa shut down for two days to vaccinate 50,000 people in a response to a measles epidemic that has claimed 60 lives and infected more than 4,000 since the outbreak began in October.
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Children who have been vaccinated against measles took a nap under mosquito netting in a rural Samoan home today. The government of Samoa shut down for two days to vaccinate 50,000 people in a response to a measles epidemic that has claimed 60 lives and infected more than 4,000 since the outbreak began in October.

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                                Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green, an emergency room doctor, checked the heartbeat of 1-year-old Joanne Semisi.
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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green, an emergency room doctor, checked the heartbeat of 1-year-old Joanne Semisi.

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                                Fufi va Siaose, 7, today was diagnosed with measles by Hawaii medical professionals visiting Apia, Samoa.
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Fufi va Siaose, 7, today was diagnosed with measles by Hawaii medical professionals visiting Apia, Samoa.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Mercy Nikolao, 3, wailed as she received a measles vaccination in Samoa.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Children who have been vaccinated against measles took a nap under mosquito netting in a rural Samoan home today. The government of Samoa shut down for two days to vaccinate 50,000 people in a response to a measles epidemic that has claimed 60 lives and infected more than 4,000 since the outbreak began in October.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green, an emergency room doctor, checked the heartbeat of 1-year-old Joanne Semisi.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Fufi va Siaose, 7, today was diagnosed with measles by Hawaii medical professionals visiting Apia, Samoa.