CDC Sends Out New ‘Health Alert’ Over Measles Vaccination

The agency said health care providers should ‘ensure’ international travelers get vaccinated.
CDC Sends Out New ‘Health Alert’ Over Measles Vaccination
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent out a “health alert” on Monday due to what it called an increase in global and U.S. measles cases, saying that health providers should “ensure” that international travelers are vaccinated.

Of the 58 cases reported across the United States in 2o24, about 93 percent are connected “to international travel,” the CDC said Monday. It said that most of the cases are reported in children aged 12 months and older who have not received a measles vaccine.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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