North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know
North Dakota is the th state in the U S with a measles outbreak logging its first cases since The U S Centers for Sickness Control and Prevention s approved measles affair count is more than triple the amount seen in all of The three-month outbreak in Texas accounts for the vast majority of cases with ratified as of Tuesday The outbreak has also spread to New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged children died from measles-related illnesses in the epicenter in West Texas and an adult in New Mexico who was not vaccinated died of a measles-related illness Other states with proceeding outbreaks which the CDC defines as three or more related cases include Indiana Michigan Montana Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee North America has two other ongoing outbreaks One in Ontario Canada has resulted in cases from mid-October through April And the Mexican state of Chihuahua had measles cases and one death as of Tuesday according to statistics from the state wellbeing ministry Vitality personnel in Mexico and the U S say all three outbreaks are of the same measles strain Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes sneezes or coughs It is preventable through vaccines and has been considered eliminated from the U S since As the virus takes hold in U S communities with low vaccination rates healthcare experts fear that spread could stretch on for a year Here s what else you need to know about measles in the U S How several measles cases are there in Texas and New Mexico Texas state soundness agents declared Tuesday there were new cases of measles since Friday bringing the total to across counties greater part of them in West Texas The state also added two hospitalizations to its count Friday for a total of throughout the outbreak State vitality officers estimated about of cases fewer than are actively infectious Fifty-seven percent of Texas cases are in Gaines County population where the virus started spreading in a close-knit undervaccinated Mennonite society The county has had cases since late January just over of the county s residents The April death in Texas was an -year-old child according to Fitness Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr Local physical condition bureaucrats in Texas reported the child did not have underlying soundness conditions and died of what the child s medical expert described as measles pulmonary failure A unvaccinated child with no underlying conditions died of measles in Texas in late February Kennedy noted age New Mexico was steady Tuesday with total cases Seven people have been hospitalized since the outbreak started Most of of the state s cases are in Lea County Three are in Eddy County two in Do a Ana County and one in Chaves County How several cases are there in Indiana Indiana approved two more cases April in an outbreak that has sickened eight in Allen County in the northeast part of the state five are unvaccinated minors and three are adults whose vaccination status is unknown The cases have no known link to other outbreaks the Allen County Department of Wellness has commented How a multitude of cases are there in Kansas Kansas added two cases Wednesday for a total of across eight counties in the southwestern part of the state The state has had one hospitalization The state s first broadcasted event was linked to the Texas outbreak based on genetic testing How various cases are there in Michigan Montcalm County near Grand Rapids in western Michigan has an outbreak of four cases that state soundness administrators say is tied to the Ontario outbreak The state had nine substantiated measles cases as of Friday but the remaining five are not part of the Montcalm County outbreak How a large number of cases are there in Montana Montana state vitality executives broadcasted five cases April in unvaccinated children and adults who had traveled out of state and later verified it was an outbreak All five are isolating at home in Gallatin County in the southwest part of the state They were Montana s first measles cases in years Vitality representatives didn t say whether the cases are linked to other outbreaks in North America How multiple measles cases are there in North Dakota North Dakota publicized its first measles situation since on Friday and by Tuesday there were nine cases All are in Williams County in western North Dakota on the Montana territory line The state fitness department noted Monday that three of the certified cases are linked to the first affair an unvaccinated child who robustness authorities believe got it from an out-of-state visitor The other five cases broadcasted Tuesday were people who were not vaccinated and did not have contact with the other cases causing concern about population transmission The state fitness department mentioned four people diagnosed with measles attended classes while infectious at a Williston elementary school middle school and high school How plenty of cases are there in Ohio The state has two outbreaks Ashtabula County near Cleveland has cases And Knox County in east-central Ohio has among Ohio residents and the rest among visitors The Ohio Department of Wellbeing on Thursday verified measles cases and one hospitalization That count includes only Ohio residents Defiance County in the northwestern part of the state has logged its first matter Allen and Holmes counties have had one circumstance each How countless cases are there in Oklahoma Oklahoma added one occurrence for a total of substantiated and three probable cases as of Tuesday The outbreak is linked to Texas and New Mexico The state vitality department is not releasing which counties have cases but Cleveland Oklahoma and Sequoyah counties have had community exposures in the past couple of months How multiple cases are there in Pennsylvania There are eight measles cases in Erie County in far northwest Pennsylvania bureaucrats stated Friday The county declared an outbreak in mid-April The state has disclosed it has cases overall in including international travel-related cases in Montgomery County and one in Philadelphia How a large number of cases are there in Tennessee Tennessee had six measles cases as of last week Vitality department spokesman Bill Christian declared all cases are the middle part of the state and that at least three of these cases are linked to each other but declined to specify further The state also did not say whether the cases were linked to other outbreaks or when Tennessee s outbreak started The state vitality department publicized the first measles development March three more on April and the last two on April but none of the news releases declared an outbreak However Tennessee was on a list of outbreak states in a CDC description April Where else is measles showing up in the U S Cases also have been broadcasted in Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New York Rhode Island Vermont Virginia and Washington Cases and outbreaks in the U S are frequently traced to someone who caught the ailment abroad In the U S saw cases and almost lost its status of having eliminated measles What do you need to know about the MMR vaccine The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles mumps and rubella vaccine The first shot is recommended for children between and months old and the second between and years old Getting another MMR shot is harmless if there are concerns about waning immunity the CDC says People who have documentation of receiving a live measles vaccine in the s don t need to be revaccinated but people who were immunized before with an ineffective measles vaccine made from killed virus should be revaccinated with at least one dose the agency mentioned People who have documentation that they had measles are immune and those born before generally don t need the shots because majority children back then had measles and now have presumptive immunity In communities with high vaccination rates above diseases like measles have a harder time spreading through communities This is called herd immunity But childhood vaccination rates have declined nationwide since the pandemic and more parents are claiming religious or personal conscience waivers to exempt their kids from required shots The U S saw a rise in measles cases in including an outbreak in Chicago that sickened more than What are the markers of measles Measles first infects the respiratory tract then spreads throughout the body causing a high fever runny nose cough red watery eyes and a rash The rash generally appears three to five days after the first effects beginning as flat red spots on the face and then spreading downward to the neck trunk arms legs and feet When the rash appears the fever may spike over degrees Fahrenheit according to the CDC Majority kids will recover from measles but infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia blindness brain swelling and death How can you treat measles There s no specific medicine for measles so doctors generally try to alleviate manifestations prevent complications and keep patients peaceful
