COLUMBUS (AP) — Health officials are reporting Ohio’s first confirmed case of measles since 2017 amid a resurgence of the highly contagious disease around the U.S.
Franklin County Public Health is offering measles, mumps and rubella vaccines for children 18 and younger who have not had their two doses of vaccine and uninsured adults born after 1957 without vaccine:
Wednesday, July 17
Dublin Recreation Center
5600 Post Road 43017
Thursday, July 18
Prairie Township
Fire Department
123 Inah Avenue 43228
Friday, July 19
Canal Winchester
Community Center
22 S. Trine Street 43110
10:20 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Ohio Department of Health says the case involves a young adult from Stark County who recently traveled to a state with confirmed measles cases.
Cases nationwide have spiked to over 1,000 this year, the highest annual total since 1992. That includes some people who caught the virus while traveling internationally. Some triggered U.S. outbreaks, mostly among unvaccinated people.
During Ohio’s most recent outbreak in 2014, the illness spread quickly within the Amish community because of its lower vaccination rate. Ohio had 382 cases that year.
For most people, measles causes a fever, rash, runny nose and cough. Health officials say vaccination is the best protection.