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- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services placed Mission Hospital in Immediate Jeopardy for lapses in infection-control after two 7-year-old twins were diagnosed with measles in Asheville.
- The twins' fever and cough followed a lengthy hospital wait, with isolation not triggered as expected.
- North Carolina has reported over 20 measles cases since December, signaling a potential outbreak.
- Experts blame the CDC for poor communication and urge vaccination to curb spread.
