UWO immunologist explains why measles cases are on the rise in the U.S. by News Bureau | May 10, 2019 | In Video, Math and Natural Science, Research University of Wisconsin Oshkosh immunologist Courtney Kurtz explains why there has been a rising number of measles cases in 2019, even though the highly contagious disease was nearly eradicated from the U.S. around 2000.