The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new health advisory this week regarding measles infections for international travelers ahead of the summer travel season.
The agency issued its latest health advisory on Wednesday urging Americans to “be on alert for cases of measles” and advising parents to make sure their families are up-to-date on the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
New data for the first five months of 2023 has shown there are five times more measles cases across 11 jurisdictions in the United States, the CDC said, noting that 88 percent of those cases have been linked to international travel….