Measles infects baby in Colorado: health officials

A babe successful Colorado has contracted measles, according to authorities wellness officials.

The child, who is nether 1 twelvemonth aged and lives successful Denver County, was unvaccinated owed to age, according to a connection from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Health, and the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

The babe precocious traveled internationally to Chihuahua, Mexico, wherever determination is an active measles outbreak, according to the aforesaid source.

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This is the state’s 2nd confirmed lawsuit of measles successful 2025. Officials said this caller lawsuit is not related to the archetypal one, which was reported successful Pueblo.

A babe successful Colorado (not pictured) has contracted measles, according to authorities wellness officials. (iStock)

"Infants nether 12 months are particularly susceptible to measles due to the fact that they are typically excessively young to beryllium vaccinated," said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, authorities epidemiologist and lawman main aesculapian serviceman astatine the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, successful a property release. 

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"This lawsuit is simply a stark reminder that families traveling internationally should hold unnecessary question oregon speech to their healthcare providers astir aboriginal MMR vaccination for infants, particularly erstwhile visiting areas with known measles outbreaks."

Initial symptoms see fever, cough, runny chemoreceptor and reddish eyes, aboriginal followed by a facial rash that spreads to different parts of the body. (iStock)

Anyone who has visited the Denver Health Emergency Department connected Sunday, April 6, betwixt 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. MT should show for symptoms and see avoiding nationalist gatherings oregon high-risk settings, Colorado wellness officials recommended. 

This is particularly important for radical who person not received the MMR vaccine, which tin prevent infection if fixed wrong 72 hours of exposure, according to the supra source.

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Symptoms typically statesman 7 to 21 days aft exposure, per wellness officials.

Initial symptoms see fever, cough, runny chemoreceptor and reddish eyes, aboriginal followed by a facial rash that spreads to different parts of the body.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children person 2 doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the archetypal dose astatine 12 to 15 months of property and the 2nd dose astatine property 4 done 6. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children person 2 doses of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, starting with the archetypal dose astatine 12 to 15 months of property and the 2nd dose astatine property 4 done 6.

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As of April 3, a full of 607 measles cases were confirmed by 22 jurisdictions, per CDC data.

Those see Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Washington.