New Jersey residents may have been exposed to measles after two people with the virus visited several places, including Newark Liberty International Airport, in recent weeks, the state’s health officials announced. New Jersey Department of Health said a person with measles stopped in New Jersey on April 30 while on a tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls, New York to Washington, D.C. MISSOURI PEDIATRICIAN SLAMS 'SELFISH' ANTI-VAXERS AFTER MEASLES FACEBOOK POST SPARKS DEBATEHealth officials urged anyone who hasn’t received a measles vaccine to immediately do so. Measles can also spread four days before and after a rash appears on an infected person, according to the CDC. Though the disease is highly contagious, officials said children who received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine twice are “considered protected for life.”
Source: Fox News May 13, 2018 15:00 UTC