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| Measles outbreak in New York': 17 cases in Brooklyn and an upstate suburb linked to people who recently returned from trips to Israel |
| 2018-10-19 |
| [Mail] Measles is a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus. When someone with measles coughs, sneezes or talks, infected droplets are sprayed into the air, where other people can inhale them and are then infected. Symptoms present themselves between 10 to 14 days after infection and include fever, cough, runny nose, and a total-body skin rash. Once common, the disease is now rare due to the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends children receive the first dose at 12 to 15 months old and the second dose at four to six years old. Before the measles vaccine was available, more than 500,000 cases were diagnosed in the US every year, with about 500 annual deaths. According to the CDC, as of September 8, 2018, 137 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 24 states and Washington, DC. Five of Rockland's 11 confirmed cases came from people who brought the virus in from out of the country. Rockland County spokesman John Lyon said three of the measles carriers were from the area traveling together in Israel, one was from the area traveling alone in Israel, and was from Israel traveling alone. The other six patients have secondary cases, meaning they became sick after being exposed to one of the primary patients. According to Israel's Ministry of Health, the country is facing a measles outbreak with at least 623 Israelis contracting the virus this year. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Check the 'hired' help in the suburb as well? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-10-19 10:27 |
| #1 Don't they give MMR shots anymore? |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-10-19 10:24 |