Five cases of measles confirmed in Maryland
Published in Health & Fitness
Five cases of measles have been confirmed in Maryland residents, according to the Maryland Department of Health.
Officials are warning anyone who visited the Carroll Hospital Center emergency department waiting room in Westminster on July 13 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. may have been exposed. All five cases were in people who recently traveled together to a location in the U.S. that has an active measles outbreak.
Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. It can also spread through direct contact or by touching infected surfaces.
Anyone not fully vaccinated who thinks they may have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider. According to the department, anyone who has received two doses of a measles-containing vaccine or was born before 1957 is generally considered protected.
As of July 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 2,231 cases of measles in the United States this year. The figure is on the verge of eclipsing the total amount in all of 2025 when there were 2,289 confirmed cases.
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