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A measles travel ban? Health officials consider stopping infected travelers from flying
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1168" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/28/measles-travel-ban-infected-travelers-no-fly-list/1253802001/" target="_blank"><strong>A measles travel ban? Health officials consider stopping infected travelers from flying - USA Today</strong></a></p><p></p><p>As measles cases in the USA continue to rise from their <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/04/29/measles-outbreak-what-you-need-know/3619660002/" target="_blank">highest level in a quarter-century</a>, health officials pondered a drastic step – forbidding those believed to be infected from flying.</p><p></p><p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 60 new individual instances of measles in Monday’s update, bringing this year’s tally to 940. It's the largest total since 1994, falling just short of the 963 cases reported that year.</p><p></p><p>Efforts to fight off a disease that has spread to 26 states have led state and local officials to consider requesting the imposition of a rarely used travel ban on infectious passengers, The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/23/officials-fighting-us-measles-outbreaks-threaten-use-rare-air-travel-ban/?utm_term=.15eed6e1245e" target="_blank">Washington Post </a>reported.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1168, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/28/measles-travel-ban-infected-travelers-no-fly-list/1253802001/'][B]A measles travel ban? Health officials consider stopping infected travelers from flying - USA Today[/B][/URL] As measles cases in the USA continue to rise from their [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/04/29/measles-outbreak-what-you-need-know/3619660002/']highest level in a quarter-century[/URL], health officials pondered a drastic step – forbidding those believed to be infected from flying. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 60 new individual instances of measles in Monday’s update, bringing this year’s tally to 940. It's the largest total since 1994, falling just short of the 963 cases reported that year. Efforts to fight off a disease that has spread to 26 states have led state and local officials to consider requesting the imposition of a rarely used travel ban on infectious passengers, The [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/23/officials-fighting-us-measles-outbreaks-threaten-use-rare-air-travel-ban/?utm_term=.15eed6e1245e']Washington Post [/URL]reported. [/QUOTE]
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