NBC News: Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital

"On Wednesday, a woman gave birth in a Lubbock, Texas, hospital in the middle of a deadly and fast-growing measles outbreak. Doctors didn’t realize until the young mother had been admitted and in labor that she was infected with the measles.

By that time, other new moms, newborn babies and their families at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock had unknowingly been exposed to the virus, considered one of the most contagious in the world. ..."

h/t @exador23

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

#ScienceQuickly by #ScientificAmerican:

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It’s been five years since #COVID was declared a global pandemic.
(...)
Now the U.S. faces a #tuberculosis #outbreak in #Kansas that underscores the importance of public health infrastructure.

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The Guardian: Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand

Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformation

"...As measles cases continue to grow in Texas and New Mexico, with a second death, an unvaccinated adult, reported on Thursday, some Texas cities are seeing shortages amid soaring demand for the highly effective vaccine and as the top US health official, Robert F Kennedy Jr, sows disinformation and mistrust about vaccines...."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/texas-mmr-vaccine-measles-outbreak

NBC News: Measles outbreak surpasses 200 cases in Texas and New Mexico

Many people in the community are forgoing testing, a health official said.

"...The reported number of cases is likely a large undercount because many people aren't getting tested, said Katherine Wells, director of public health at the health department in Lubbock, Texas. ...A health food store in Seminole has become a gathering place for families with visibly sick children seeking medical advice. They’re often given cod liver oil,,,,"

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-outbreak-surpasses-200-cases-texas-new-mexico-rcna195258

Texas DPH:

"The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. At this time, 198 cases have been identified since late January. Twenty-three of the patients have been hospitalized.

There has been one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area. The child was not vaccinated and had no known underlying conditions."

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025 #measles #texas #health #outbreak

ABC: Unvaccinated adult in New Mexico tests positive for measles after dying https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/unvaccinated-adult-new-mexico-tests-positive-measles-after-119544547 #NM #measles #health #outbreak

Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected #Measles. An #unvaccinated person who died in New Mexico has tested positive for measles, state health officials said, possibly the second such fatality in a growing outbreak that began in West #Texas. #publichealth #trump #HHS #vaccines #FDA #MAGA #JFK #pandemic #outbreak #diseases Thank Trump for This!

Hmm, Canada's official numbers are really behind local numbers on Measles.

CBC: Quebec confirms 30 measles cases as December outbreak continues (3/3/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/measles-quebec-30-cases-1.7473518

CBC: More kids hospitalized with breathing issues, 'very high' fevers as measles outbreak grows 3/6/25

"The number of unvaccinated children contracting measles continues to grow across southwestern Ontario with public health officials worried the outbreak is much larger than current numbers show....

There are currently:

136 cases in Southwestern Public Health region (up from 115 cases earlier this week).
82 cases in Grand Erie Public Health region (79 exclusively in Norfolk county)
6 cases in Huron Perth Public Health region (all linked to the above cases)"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/more-kids-hospitalized-with-breathing-issues-very-high-fevers-as-measles-outbreak-grows-1.7476636

"Medical freedom" should be changed to "stupidity"

AP: Mennonites, West Texans at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/mennonites-west-texans-at-center-of-measles-outbreak-choose-medical-freedom-over-vaccine-mandates

Pennsylvania:

Officials confirm measles case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

In a release sent to NBC10 on Sunday, March 2, 2025, Montgomery County officials said the measles case was related to an unvaccinated child

Officials confirmed a measles case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Montgomery County officials confirmed the case on Sunday, March 2, 2025, and said it was related to an unvaccinated child. They are completing contact tracing and notifying anyone who was potentially exposed to determine their vaccination status and risk for infection.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/measles-montgomery-county-pennsylvania-unvaccinated-child/4122726/?amp=1

KXAN: Mexicans warned not to travel to Texas over measles

https://www.kxan.com/news/mexicans-warned-not-to-travel-to-texas-over-measles/

"Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and experts from World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of another cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur province...."

"Increased disease surveillance has identified in total of 1096 sick people and 60 deaths in Basankusu and Bolomba fitting a broad case definition that includes fever, headache, chills, sweating, stiff neck, muscle aches, multiple joint pain and body aches, a runny or bleeding from nose, cough, vomiting and diarrhoea. "

2/27/25

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/democratic-republic-congo-deepens-investigation-cluster-illness-and-community-deaths-equateur

North Jersey: New measles cases linked to NJ patient who may have spread virus at 3 health facilities https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2025/02/26/measles-outbreak-nj-bergen/80489020007/

AP: "The outbreaks in two distant villages in Congo’s Equateur province began on Jan. 21 and include 419 cases and 53 deaths. Health officials still do not know the cause, or whether the cases in the two villages, which are separated by more than 120 miles (190 kilometers), are related. "
https://apnews.com/article/congo-disease-deaths-equateur-2ac02d9a41c0c819ab1f8bc30a1b5e17?utm_source=mastodon

Missed this. Measles case through LAX on February 19th, infant in Orange County confirmed.

Note: this should not be an issue to people who are vaccinated (MMR easy to obtain).

"The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) has confirmed a case of measles in an infant returning home to Orange County (OC) following international travel. The affected traveler arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Wednesday, February 19."

https://www.ochealthinfo.com/press/measles-case-orange-county-0