{"id":31526,"date":"2025-11-11T23:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/31526\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:25:15","slug":"philadelphia-health-officials-warn-of-measles-exposure-at-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/31526\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia health officials warn of measles exposure at airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Health officials are warning recent travelers of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/2025-04-11-health-department-issues-notification-about-potential-measles-exposure-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">possible measles exposure<\/a> at the Philadelphia International Airport earlier this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>The warning is specific to people who used Terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, according to a release from the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/departments\/department-of-public-health\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Public Health<\/a>. Travelers are asked to verify their immunization records and be aware of possible symptoms.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/phila.gov\/health-department-warns-of-possible-measles-exposure-at-the-philadelphia-international-airport?e=4642476f5d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In the statement<\/a>, Health Commissioner Palak Raval-Nelson said the warning is precautionary and the department believes that there is no threat to the general public.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage people who were possibly exposed to take action if they are not protected against measles,\u201d Raval-Nelson said. \u201cMany countries, including travel destinations, are experiencing measles outbreaks, so the potential for travel-related measles cases and subsequent outbreaks in the United States has increased.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Measles is a highly contagious virus that spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or talk. Early symptoms include fever, runny nose, coughing, puffy eyes and rash. If left untreated, it can lead to a serious infection causing pneumonia, brain infection and death in extreme cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>The health department said people are considered immune to measles if they meet at least one of the following criteria: were born before 1957, have already had the measles or have received two doses of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/vaccines\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMR vaccine<\/a>. The health department recommends people get the vaccine to reduce any serious issues associated with the disease, especially if they\u2019re unvaccinated, and refer to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly encourage parents to follow the CDC\u2019s immunization schedule and get their children fully vaccinated as soon as they are able,\u201d Raval-Nelson said. \u201cPeople planning to travel outside the United States should speak with their doctor about their travel plans and vaccinations needed.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4913,69,71,70,16618],"class_list":{"0":"post-31526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-measles","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-phl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}