New York and New Jersey have issued advisories urging residents to be alert for symptoms and to check their vaccination status. Symptoms can include a rash, fever, cough and eye inflammation, and the virus can sometimes cause pneumonia or brain swelling, both of which can be deadly.

A measles alert has been issued by the New Jersey Department of Health after three cases of the highly-contagious virus were confirmed in Bergen County.An unvaccinated resident was diagnosed with measles after returning from an international trip and spread it to two close contacts,

Outbreaks of measles occur as we are a worldwide community. We are easily connected by travel, and other countries do not have the vaccination requirements or compliance rates that we have in the United States. Add an at-risk individual – an unvaccinated child who contracts measles – and you can see how this can easily spread in communities.

The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb. 20, two additional cases were identified in people who had close contact with the original patient.

New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations.

Adults born before 1957 are assumed to have natural immunity because they were likely exposed to measles before the vaccine was created. Adults born and vaccinated between 1957 an

The New York City Department of Health said a second measles case has been reported, as an outbreak of the disease continues in Texas.

The cases identified in New Jersey are separate from a serious measles outbreak that has swept through West Texas in the last month, with doctors diagnosing 124 cases in nine counties.

A measles alert has been issued in New Jersey after three cases of the highly contagious virus were confirmed in the state’s most populous county. An unvaccinated resident in Bergen County ...