{"id":249728,"date":"2025-12-24T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249728\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:55:10","slug":"public-health-officials-warn-of-possible-measles-exposure-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249728\/","title":{"rendered":"Public health officials warn of possible measles exposure in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public health officials in Massachusetts said Wednesday that a person who visited the state from out of town may have exposed people to measles.<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Public Health said the visitor arrived at Logan International Airport on Dec. 11 on American Airlines flight 2384 from Dallas-Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>The person stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Westborough in Westborough.<\/p>\n<p>The person left Massachusetts on Dec. 12 from Logan Airport on JetBlue flight 117 to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The DPH said it&#8217;s working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others to identify and notify the people who may have been exposed to measles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease, which has increased significantly in the United States because of the unfortunate decrease in vaccination rates. It is also a preventable disease,&#8221; said Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The department said anyone who&#8217;s not immune and visited the following locations at these specific dates and times may be at risk:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logan Airport Terminal B, Boston, 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Dec. 11.<\/li>\n<li>DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Westborough, Westborough, between 3:30 p.m. Dec. 11 and 9 p.m. Dec. 12<\/li>\n<li>Logan Airport Terminal C, Boston, 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Dec. 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Health officials said anyone who might have been exposed and develops symptoms should call their health care provider first before going to the doctor&#8217;s office, an urgent care or the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Visiting a healthcare facility may put others at risk and should be avoided if possible,&#8221; the DPH said.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials said early symptoms of measles appear seven to 21 days after exposure and may resemble a cold. A rash occurs on the skin two to four days after the initial symptoms develop.<\/p>\n<p>They said the rash usually appears first on the head, moving down the body. The rash typically lasts a few days and then disappears.<\/p>\n<p>The DPH said Massachusetts had no reported cases of measles in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The risk to most people in Massachusetts is low because the vaccination rate in the state is high,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The department said anyone who has had measles or has received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine &#8212; also called MMR &#8212; is unlikely to develop measles even if exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Health care providers who suspect measles should call the Department of Public Health at 617-983-6800 for recommendations and testing guidance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public health officials in Massachusetts said Wednesday that a person who visited the state from out of town&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[18,135,475,474,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-249728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115776305882215180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}