Massachusetts Confirms This Year’s First Case Of Measles.

officials with the Massachusetts Department of Health “consider the disease unlikely to spread” because most people in the state are vaccinated. Nevertheless, “because the measles virus is airborne and highly infectious — it can linger in the air for up to two hours — health authorities are investigating the immunization status of all those known to have had contact with the student while he was infectious.” In addition, “officials have provided a list of public places where the student went while infectious and urged those who were there to check their immunization status and learn the symptoms of measles.” http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/28/massachusetts-reports-first-case-measles-this-year/ePbGNEAf0qKBLfOw0Kdn0L/story.html