Alaska and Ohio joined the list of states with confirmed measles cases this month. What you should know:
. Community immunity also keeps infants safe, since the vaccine isn’t given until a child is a year old.In most cases, yes. Only about three people out of every 100 who get both doses of the vaccine will still get measles after exposure. One caveat: If you received the vaccine in its early days, between 1963 and 1967, you may need to be re-vaccinated. Certain vaccines given in those years were not effective.
The virus can live outside a human body for up to 2 hours -- so even if you enter an empty room, if you don’t have immunity, you can become infected.If more parents refuse to vaccinate their children, the disease could become a constant threat.The vaccine is usually given to children between the ages of 1 and 6. To be most effective, they’ll get two doses: the first at 12 to 15 months, and the second between ages 4 and 6.
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