CORNERSTONE FOR FUTURE TREATMENTS OF MANY DISEASES, INCLUDING CANCER. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT A MEASLES OUTBREAK IN SHASTA COUNTY. EIGHT CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, ALL IN PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T VACCINATED. 17 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA SO FAR THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, LARGE OUTBREAKS IN TEXAS AND SOUTH CAROLINA DROVE CASES TO THE HIGHEST IN 30 YEARS. THE U.S. DECLARED MEASLES ELIMINATED IN 2000, BUT IT’S NOW AT RISK OF LOSING THAT STATUS.