Wash. measles victim had been vaccinated

SEATTLE – A local health official says a woman killed by measles in Washington state had been vaccinated against the disease as a child but succumbed because she had a compromised immune system.

Dr. Jeanette Stehr-Green, the Clallam County health officer, told KOMO-TV the woman had been vaccinated as a child, but because she had other health problems and was taking medications that interfered with her response to an infection “she was not protected.”

Evacuation eased after train crash

MARYVILLE, Tenn. – Officials say thousands of eastern Tennessee residents are being allowed to return home after they were evacuated when a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire.

Maryville City Manager Greg McClain said during a Friday news conference that the evacuation has been lifted for about 5,000 people who live within a mile-and-a-half radius of the crash site.

Associated Press