Another state is on red alert after detecting a new measles case

Health officials are sounding the alarm implicit a imaginable measles vulnerability astatine New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport.

An infected rider visited the airport's terminal A doubly successful the past week, perchance exposing others to the world's astir infectious disease.

The idiosyncratic was astatine the terminal connected March 25, betwixt 3:45 and 6:15pm, and again connected March 27, betwixt 2 and 7pm. The idiosyncratic besides visited a Starbucks connected March 26 from 6 to 8:30am and stayed astatine a Marriott successful Park Ridge, New Jersey.

Officials are informing anyone who fears they whitethorn person been exposed to interaction their wellness supplier and show for symptoms successful what is the latest successful a drawstring of measles scares to stone America's large airports.

In the past period alone, John F. Kennedy airport along with hubs in Washington DC and Los Angeles were each plunged into chaos implicit measles alerts.

It comes amid a large outbreak successful West Texas, that has already sickened 422 radical and led to the decease of a six-year-old miss — the archetypal successful the US successful a decade.

Nationwide, cases crossed a grim milestone past period surpassing the tally for the full of 2024 and reaching their highest level since 2019.

The latest diligent also visited an Irish Pub successful their edifice connected March 26 from 5 to 7:15 p.m. and the Bergen New Bridge Medical Center successful Paramus connected March 27. 

They were successful the exigency section betwixt 6:45am to 12:15pm and successful the radiology and laboratory section betwixt 8:30am and 11pm.

The idiosyncratic is believed to person arrived in New Jersey connected a formation and is described arsenic a non-New Jersey resident.

Officials are informing anyone who whitethorn person been exposed to the microorganism to show themselves for symptoms for the adjacent 2 weeks, peculiarly if they are unvaccinated, and interaction their wellness provider.

Anyone who develops symptoms is encouraged to instantly interaction wellness services for treatment.

Newark Airport is 1 of 3 large airports serving the New York City, New Jersey and tristate areas. It has astir 49million radical walk done it annually.

Officials accidental nary infections linked to the infected idiosyncratic person been reported to date.

Measles is 1 of the astir infectious diseases successful the world, with 1 idiosyncratic susceptible of spreading the microorganism to 9 retired of each 10 radical they conscionable if those individuals are unvaccinated.

Measles is transmitted via breathing successful infectious droplets that tin stay suspended successful the aerial for 2 hours aft an infected diligent passes.

Patients make a fever, cough, and runny nose, which past develops into a rash that starts astatine the hairline earlier spreading to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet.

There's nary cure for measles, with doctors alternatively utilizing antibiotics to dainty related infections and IV fluids. 

If unvaccinated, astir 1 successful 5 radical who are infected are hospitalized portion 1 successful 20 children make pneumonia.

Among unvaccinated children infected with measles, astir 1 successful 1,000 volition make encephalitis — oregon swelling of the brain. And astir 1 to 3 retired of each 1,000 volition dice from the disease.

The vaccine is 97 percent effectual astatine preventing an corruption and is required for children attending schoolhouse successful immoderate states.