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A Canadian resident that flew into Sea-Tac Airport last week was confirmed to have been infected with measles, likely exposed while traveling abroad.
The first confirmed case of measles this cold and flu season has been confirmed in Washington, D.C. per a press release shared on Tuesday.
Measles rashes often start as "flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet," according to the CDC.
A second measles case was confirmed in Western Washington today, and health officials believe it was tied to our first case ...
7News asked the D.C. Department of Health for more information, including why the CDC website hasn't been populated further, ...
D.C. health officials said they’re investigating a measles case at a Five Guys restaurant in Washington. According to a statement released Monday evening, officials said they were notified that ...
As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation's public health agency to ...
Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska ... Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines an outbreak as three or more related cases.
Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may just be the beginning. They say outbreaks of preventable diseases could get ...
Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...
Vermont and Washington. At least five states including Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio and Texas are reporting outbreaks, meaning three or more related cases. The CDC says 11% of measles ...
Most of the cases in the U.S. are centered in Texas ... Tennessee, Vermont, Washington. Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes. The symptoms do not ...