According to Nevada data, 5% of Washoe County kindergarten students do not have the MMR vaccine, the inoculation required of all school-aged children that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Measles, a highly contagious disease considered to have been eradicated since the turn of the century, is making a comeback.

A string of storms in California and Nevada brought some moisture back to the West this winter, improving snowpack in the ...