Maryland confirms first measles case in traveler at major DC airport

The authorities of Maryland has confirmed its archetypal measles lawsuit successful a Howard County nonmigratory who precocious traveled internationally.

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) announced the affirmative lawsuit successful a quality merchandise connected Sunday. It was besides confirmed by the Virginia Department of Health and Howard County wellness officials.

This lawsuit is not associated with the outbreaks successful Texas oregon New Mexico, the wellness section confirmed.

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Officials anticipation to place radical who mightiness person been exposed portion traveling astatine the pursuing circumstantial times and locations.

Travelers astatine Washington Dulles International Airport whitethorn person been exposed to measles connected March 5, wellness officials say. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

March 5, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Washington Dulles International Airport: Terminal A, connected proscription to the main terminal and successful the baggage assertion area

​March 7, 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department

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The MDH urged residents to cheque these vulnerability times, show immoderate rising symptoms and get up to day with vaccinations.

Early measles symptoms see a fever implicit 101, runny nose, cough and red, watery eyes, according to wellness officials.

A reddish rash volition look connected the look and dispersed to the remainder of the body, typically 1 to 4 days aft aboriginal symptoms, according to the Maryland Department of Health. (iStock)

A reddish rash volition look connected the look and dispersed to the remainder of the body, typically 1 to 4 days aft aboriginal symptoms.

Measles symptoms tin make from 7 to 21 days aft exposure, but usually look wrong 10 to 14 days, the MDH added.

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A idiosyncratic is contagious starting 4 days earlier the rash appears and up to 4 days after.

Fox News elder aesculapian expert Dr. Marc Siegel antecedently shared with Fox News Digital that measles is highly contagious.

Signs constituent the mode to measles investigating successful the parking batch of the Seminole Hospital District crossed from Wigwam Stadium connected Feb. 27, 2025, successful Seminole, Texas.  (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

"There is simply a 90% accidental you volition get it if you are unvaccinated and measurement into a country wherever idiosyncratic with measles was 2 hours before," helium cautioned.

The champion mode to forestall measles is to person the two-dose measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and assorted experts.

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The Maryland Department of Health states that large women, infants younger than 1 twelvemonth aged and radical who are immunocompromised are astatine the highest hazard of complications from measles.

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"People, particularly those not vaccinated oregon different immune to measles, who were astatine immoderate of these locations during the imaginable vulnerability times should show themselves for immoderate aboriginal symptoms of measles for 21 days aft the imaginable exposure," the section noted.

River Jacobs, 1, is held by his mother, Caitlin Fuller, portion helium receives an MMR vaccine from Raynard Covarrubio, astatine a vaccine session enactment connected by Lubbock Public Health Department connected March 1, 2025, successful Lubbock, Texas. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

"People who make a fever oregon different symptoms of measles should not spell to childcare, school, enactment oregon retired successful public, and should interaction their wellness attraction provider. They should telephone their wellness attraction supplier archetypal alternatively than showing up successful the waiting country oregon exigency country truthful that the bureau tin instrumentality measures to forestall dispersed to different patients."

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Measles cases person occurred sporadically successful Maryland, the section confirmed, including 1 lawsuit successful 2024, 1 successful 2023 and nary from 2020 to 2022.

Nearly 200 measles cases were confirmed successful Texas arsenic of Friday, chiefly affecting unvaccinated, school-aged children.