The sick flier, who was not a New Jersey resident, passed through Terminal B on Oct. 19, between 2:15 pm and 5:30 pm, according to health officials.<\/p>\n
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New Jersey health authorities issued a public advisory after a traveler with measles flew out of Newark Airport. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n
Measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause a high fever, coughing, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a full-body rash.<\/p>\n
More serious symptoms of the virus<\/a> include pneumonia, brain swelling (encephalitis), miscarriage, premature birth or low birthweight.<\/p>\n In extremely rare cases, measles infections could trigger subacute sclerosing panencephalitis\u00a0(SSPE), a neurological disease that can cause mood swings, severe brain damage and death. It killed a Los Angeles school-aged child<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n Passengers who were exposed to measles at Newark airport may not develop symptoms until Nov. 9, authorities said. The virus can incubate for 11-12 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control.<\/p>\n New Jersey has had 11 cases of measles in 2025, up from seven in 2024.<\/p>\n There have been 27 confirmed measles cases in New York in 2025, including 18 in New York City, according to the state Department of Health. <\/a>Fourteen cases were reported in New York City in 2024, and zero cases were reported the previous three years.<\/p>\n Measles cases hit a 33-year high<\/a> nationwide in 2025, with 1,648 confirmed cases in 42 states, and 23 cases were reported among international travelers to the U.S., according to the CDC.<\/a><\/p>\n People fearing exposure were encouraged to contact their local health department before visiting their doctor or a hospital. The NJ Health Department did not return calls to The Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers passing through Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this month may have been exposed to measles. The New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16081,57,1066,9,11,10,1086,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-25145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-measles","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-newark-airport","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Measles](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/measles-viral-disease-human-skin-114431695.jpg\")
Measles can cause a full body rash. \u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf \u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf\u00bf \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n