Watch for these measles symptoms and know when to get the vaccine amid New Jersey outbreak
Measles cases reported in New Jersey, Kentucky amid ongoing outbreak in Texas
More measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas.
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The cases identified in New Jersey are separate from a serious measles outbreak that has swept through West Texas in the last month, with doctors diagnosing 124 cases in nine counties.
The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb. 20, two additional cases were identified in people who had close contact with the original patient.
New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations.
The spread of measles in New Jersey comes as 124 people have been infected by the disease in Texas, where one child died.
NEW JERSEY (WPVI) -- There have been more than 120 nationwide measles cases reported from eight states, including New Jersey. Measles has claimed the life of one child in Texas, the first U.S. measles death in a decade. Three people in Bergen County, New Jersey have tested positive for the once-eradicated disease.
Cases in Texas and other states are on the rise, but most of the infected were not vaccinated. Here’s what to know about the very contagious disease and how immunity works.
A measles outbreak in Canada's Ontario province continues to grow, with health officials reporting more than 140 cases on Thursday, making it the most severe outbreak in decades.
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