Friday, April 11, 2008

Measles outbreak has west on alert

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By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare urges parents to check the immunization records of their children, as outbreaks of measles have erupted in California and Arizona this year.

"We wanted to increase parents' awareness, especially because of the traveling coming up in the summer," South Central Public Health District Epidemiologist Cheryl Becker said. "Parents should make sure immunizations are up to date. Other countries have on-going outbreaks. This is what happened in Arizona. Someone from out of the county came down with measles there and was in an emergency room, and exposed others."

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Public health officials are worried that the highly contagious, respiratory illness could be imported and spread in Idaho because many children are not up-to-date on their immunizations.