{"id":90910,"date":"2025-07-25T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/90910\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:32:09","slug":"traveler-with-measles-landed-at-lax-stayed-at-nearby-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/90910\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveler with measles landed at LAX, stayed at nearby Hilton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An out-of-country traveler who passed through Los Angeles International Airport this month and stayed in a local hotel was confirmed to have measles, health officials announced Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>L.A. County Department of Public Health officials are investigating two sites in Los Angeles the man visited while infectious, according to a news release. Public spaces where others may have been exposed to the infection are LAX and the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, at 5711 W. Century Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>The person landed July 5 at LAX; the exact time and flight information were still being investigated, according to the department. The infected individual was at the Hilton from 7:30 p.m. July 5 until checking out at 1 p.m. July 7.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who were at these locations on these days are urged by the department to monitor potential symptoms for at least three weeks. Symptoms include high fever, coughs, or red, watery eyes, according to the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/communication-resources\/clinical-diagnosis-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. They\u2019re also urged to confirm their MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination status. Those who have not been immunized are at higher risk of infection.<\/p>\n<p>As The Times reported last month, the U.S. is in the midst of its <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-06-26\/more-measles-cases-in-california-this-year-than-reported-in-all-of-2024-data-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest outbreak of measles in decades<\/a>, with California already reporting more cases of the disease than in all of last year.<\/p>\n<p>As outbreaks ramp up within the U.S. and internationally, the release said, summer travel can heighten exposure and transmission levels. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasles is a highly contagious respiratory illness that can linger in the air and on surfaces, making it easy to spread, particularly among people who are not already protected from it,\u201d said Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer. \u201cA person can spread the illness to others before they have symptoms, and it can take seven to 21 days for symptoms to show up after exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department encouraged all residents to review their immunization records, contact their healthcare provider about potential exposure \u2014 especially if they are pregnant or have a weakened immune system \u2014 and avoid large gatherings if symptoms arise.<\/p>\n<p>Davis said, however, that the most effective preventive measure against measles is immunization. \u201cThe best way to protect yourself and your family from infection is with the highly effective measles vaccine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An out-of-country traveler who passed through Los Angeles International Airport this month and stayed in a local hotel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3040,60428,2038,210,14452,60430,48108,60429,35930,2444,16458,2036,9105,3215,60426,60427,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-90910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-department","9":"tag-disease-control","10":"tag-exposure","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-official","13":"tag-immunization-record","14":"tag-infection","15":"tag-large-outbreak","16":"tag-lax","17":"tag-los-angeles-times","18":"tag-measle","19":"tag-measles","20":"tag-month","21":"tag-news-release","22":"tag-potential-symptom","23":"tag-traveler","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114912948645823148","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}