Measles

Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling for their mandatory exclusion.Dr. Joseph Ladapo, nationally known for his outspoken skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, sent a letter this week to parents at Manatee Bay Elementary School near Fort Lauderdale after six students contracted the highly contagious and potentially deadly virus. Such outbreaks are rare in the United States, though reported cases have spiked from 58 for all of 2023 to 35 already this year.The letter notes that when a school has a measles outbreak, it is “normally recommended” that unvaccinated students who haven’t previously had the disease be kept home for three weeks “because of the high likelihood” they will be infected.

Florida College in Temple Terrace is isolating students who do not have proof of vaccination against the measles after a student was diagnosed with the...

The Florida Department of Health is monitoring 93 people possibly exposed to measles after a Jacksonville-area resident was diagnosed.

On any given day, more than 4,000 people pass through the library at California State University-Los Angeles.

A new study finds four counties in Florida are some of the most vulnerable areas for a measles outbreak in the nation.

Health officials in Pinellas County are investigating a measles case in a 72-year-old man. This comes amid a national uptick in measles outbreaks.

According to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, more than 500 confirmed individual cases of measles have been recorded in 20 different…

As five U.S. states deal with outbreaks of measles, a case was reported recently in Broward County. While one individual case does not mean an outbreak,...

A new online measles simulator shows how quickly the disease could spread in Florida.

The Florida Department of Health says four children who were diagnosed with measles were never vaccinated.