The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning clinicians to remain on alert for measles cases due to a growing number of infections. Between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles including seven cases from international travelers and two outbreaks with five or more infections each, according to an email sent this week. Most of these cases were among children and adolescents who had not been vaccinated against measles, despite being eligible. If health care workers suspect a patient has measles, the CDC says the patient should be isolated immediately for at least four days from when symptoms appear and local or state health departments should be notified. CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 28, 2024 04:47 UTC