Chicken pox outbreak

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Chicken pox outbreak
 
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COLCHESTER -- State health experts are investigating an outbreak of chicken pox in Colchester. 

65 students at the Jack Jackter Elementary School got chicken pox last year. It was one of the largest outbreaks in the state.

The Centers for Disease Control is also involved in the investigation. That's because some of the students who got sick were vaccinated against chicken pox.

The chicken pox vaccine has a 20-percent failure rate.

 

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