HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANTS TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. CASES OF MEASLES HAVE CLIMBED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 25 YEARS IN THE U.S. NEARLY 700 CASES REPORTED THIS YEAR SO FAR. BUT HE SAYS MEASLES ARE PREVENTABLE. >> PRIMARILY THOSE CASES ARE IN POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNDER VACCINATED. >> HE SAYS SOME PEOPLE SKIP THE VACCINE FOR MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS REGIONS -- REASONS ARE THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT SAFE. THERE ARE MANY UNVACCINATED PEOPLE. THE MEASLES VIRUS IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. LEADING TO A RASH, HIGH FEVER, RENNIE KNOWS AND READ EYES. >> YOU CAN HAVE SECONDARY COMPLICATIONS. MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN COULD DIE FROM THE INFECTION. >> NEW HAMPSHIRE DOES HAVE A HIGH CHILD COMMUNITY COMPLIANCE RATE. ABOVE 93%. THE ONLY THING HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT TO SPREAD IS THE INFORMATION THAT THE VACCINE IS SAFE. SOME ATTENTION ABOUT THE VACCINE HAS BEEN DISPELLED. ANYTHING THAT IS PREVENTABLE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH IS THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT. >> NEW HAMPSHIRE ALSO HAS THE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAMS THAT CAN OFFSET THE COST.