MA: 2011 Measles cases/alerts

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Source: http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/02/measles_case_in.html

Measles case in Back Bay office sparks concern
Posted by Gideon Gil February 23, 2011 04:05
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

Nurses vaccinated office workers in a Back Bay building this afternoon as Boston disease trackers worked to contain the potential spread of measles after an employee at the French consulate fell ill with the highly infectious germ.

So far, the consulate worker, a woman in her 20s, is the only person who has developed symptoms of the respiratory illness, said Dr. Anita Barry, top disease specialist at the Boston Public Health Commission...

 

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Source: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/...case-of-measles-at-french-consulate-building/

Case of measles at French consulate building

BOSTON -- Boston?s Department of Public Health is confirming an active case of measles at the Park Square Building at 31 St. James Avenue...

...Anybody who visited the consulate between February 7 and February 10 is advised to see a doctor.

 

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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-measles-boston-idUSTRE71N7B420110224

Measles case in Boston has health officials concerned

BOSTON | Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:18pm EST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Health officials in Boston were working to contain the potential spread of one confirmed case of measles after two new suspected cases were reported on Thursday, authorities said...

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Source: http://www.necn.com/02/24/11/New-ca...ng_newengland.html?blockID=417308&feedID=4206

New cases of measles pop up in Boston, Mass.
Feb 24, 2011 4:20pm

NECN: Kristen Caira, Boston, Mass.) - There are two new cases of measles in Boston, Massachusetts -- both connected to the first person who developed the disease.

One of the patients is a roommate of the French consulate intern who originally came down with the disease. The other was in the Back Bay building, eating at a restaurant...

 

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Source: http://westroxbury.patch.com/articles/three-confirmed-cases-of-measles-in-boston

Three Confirmed Cases of Measles in Boston
Boston Public Health Commission holding free measles vaccination.
By Cate Lecuyer | Email the author | 1:59pm

The Boston Public Health Commission will hold a second free measles vaccination clinic after two more people are believed to have the airborne and highly infectious virus...

...The clinic will take place on Friday from noon to 5 p.m. in the Park Square Building at 31 St. James Ave...

...The other suspected cases are a woman in her 30's, who ate at a restaurant in the Park Square Building that was one of several visited by the French consulate employee, and a woman in her 20's who lives near her...

 

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Source: http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/03/umass_boston_pr.html

UMass Boston professor may have measles
Posted by Gideon Gil March 1, 2011 06:31 PM

By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

A University of Massachusetts Boston professor is suspected of having measles, the fifth confirmed or suspected case of the highly contagious disease to be reported in the past two weeks, city health authorities said tonight...

 

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Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/27055786/detail.html

2nd Case Of Measles Confirmed In Boston
City Health Officials Waiting On Test Results In Suspected Cases

POSTED: 3:46 pm EST March 2, 2011
UPDATED: 4:15 pm EST March 2, 2011

BOSTON -- A second case of measles has been confirmed in Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission said Wednesday.

The patient is a woman in her 20s who lives in the same building as the employee at the Park Square Building in the Back Bay who was the first confirmed Boston measles case last month, health officials said...

 

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http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_17535666

Report of measles has city on alert

By David Pepose, Berkshire Eagle Staff,
Updated: 03/04/2011 09:30:21 AM EST

Friday March 4, 2011
PITTSFIELD -- Massachusetts health officials suspect they've identified a possible fifth case of measles in the state, and Berkshire health professionals say the county is at the ready should the highly contagious disease show up locally....more from the source.

 

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Source: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/...5-new-measles-cases-have-ma-doctors-on-alert/

5 new measles cases have MA doctors on alert

BOSTON -- Five new cases of measles have medical centers in Massachusetts on alert.

The new cases have all been reported within the past week. There are five new cases and the patients range in age from 16 months to 65 years old.

One new case is a visitor from Europe and one had recently returned from Spain. The other three cases did not travel.

Doctors want to know how they contracted the measles.

The recent cases come just a few months after several cases were found at the French Consulate in February...

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Source: http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/st...06e28e95d33/MA--Measles-Uptick-Massachusetts/

Mass. health officials reporting an uptick in the number of measles cases, with 5 in past week

* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
* First Posted: May 10, 2011 - 1:18 pm
Last Updated: May 10, 2011 - 1:18 pm

...That brings the total for the year to 10 confirmed cases.

Officials say those who contracted the disease range in age from 16 months to 65 years. They say there is no known connection among the cases...

 

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Source: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blog/dailydose/2011/05/boston_public_h.html

Health news
Boston health agency announces 5 new measles cases
Posted by Deborah Kotz May 10, 2011 04:10
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff

Five new cases of measles have been confirmed in Boston: one is a resident and four are out-of-towners who recently visited the city while contagious, according to an announcement today by the Boston Public Health Commission.

The patients, ages 16 months to 65 years, include a man who worked at South Station while contagious. So far, the cases appear unrelated. "We're still trying to see if there's any link, but we have nothing at this point to connect them," says comission spokeswoman Ann Scales...

 

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Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/27854098/detail.html

Health Officials Trying To Find Measles Source
Employee At South Station Worked While Contagious

POSTED: 12:15 pm EDT May 11, 2011
UPDATED: 12:53 pm EDT May 11, 2011

BOSTON -- Massachusetts health officials are trying to determine how many commuters may have been exposed to a South Station employee who was on the job while he was contagious with measles.

Potentially, hundreds of people who passed through South Station last week could have been exposed as the worker was one of five new cases that were confirmed this week...

 

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Source: http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/05/another_measles.html

Another measles case confirmed
Posted by Chelsea Conaboy May 11, 2011 07:35 PM
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff

The state Department of Public Health confirmed another case of measles today, bringing the total for the year to 11, including six this month.

The Boston Public Health Commission yesterday warned that people who have not been vaccinated should monitor themselves for symptoms, including high fever, runny nose, cough, and red, watery eyes followed by a skin rash.

So far, officials said, the six recent cases appear unconnected. They also seem unrelated to a small outbreak in February tied to a Park Square office building...

 

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Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/27967139/detail.html

Measles Cases Reported At Local School
Brookline Health Director Confirms Outbreak

POSTED: 1:24 pm EDT May 20, 2011
UPDATED: 2:56 pm EDT May 20, 2011

BOSTON -- Two more cases of measles have been reported in Massachusetts, this time in Brookline, according to the health director there.

Alan Balsam did not provide any further information about the cases, but a concerned parent wrote to NewsCenter 5 to say a measles alert had been sent out by the Driscoll Middle School principal by email...

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Source: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blog/dailydose/2011/05/new_cases_of_me.html

Boston.com/Health BLOG: White Coat Notes

Four new measles cases include Brookline children
Posted by Deborah Kotz May 20, 2011 03:42 PM
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff

Four new cases of measles have been confirmed in the Boston area since May 12 bringing the state total to 10 cases this month and 15 this year.

A Northeastern University student was confirmed with having measles yesterday, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. And two measles cases were found in elementary school students at a Brookline public school...

 

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Source: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blog/dailydose/2011/05/vaccinated_bost.html

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Vaccinated Boston toddler gets measles
Posted by Deborah Kotz May 25, 2011 05:19
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff

Measles continues to spread in the state, with two new cases confirmed on Monday. One involved a 23-month-old boy from Boston who had received his first measles vaccination last year, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. The other was a teen-age boy from outside the city who was treated at a Boston health care facility.

That brings the state total to 17 this year -- and counting. In each of the previous four years, Massachusetts has had just one to three cases...

 

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Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/mostpopular/28080330/detail.html

Measles Reported At Day Care On South Shore
DPH Advising Parents, Staff At Cohasset Nursery School

POSTED: 9:55 am EDT May 31, 2011
UPDATED: 1:09 pm EDT May 31, 2011


BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued a health alert to residents on the South Shore advising them that a suspected case of measles "visited the South Shore Nursery School on Tuesday, May 24 between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m..."


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Source: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/...94/suspected-case-of-the-measles-in-cohasset/

Suspected case of the measles in Cohasset
Posted: Today at 12:15 pm EDT

COHASSET, Mass. -- There's a suspected case of the measles in Cohasset.

The Cohasset town nurse is confirming one suspected case of the disease has been reported and is now being investigated by the State Department of Health...

 

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Source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma..._boston_aquarium_was_contagious_with_measles/

Teen volunteer at aquarium was contagious with measles
By Travis Andersen
Globe Staff / June 4, 2011

A 17-year-old from Vermont who volunteered at the New England Aquarium on two afternoons in late May was contagious with measles, public health officials said last night.

The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who was in the Boston aquarium?s main building after noon on May 19 or May 22 may have been exposed to measles and should ?refrain from public activity?? for 21 days from the date of exposure if they do not know whether they are immune to the virus.

Aquarium spokesman Tony LaCasse said there was no indication last night that any guests or workers were infected. He said the commission and the aquarium first learned of the case yesterday evening. Officials did not release the name of the infected volunteer...

 

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Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/28199643/detail.html

Possible Measles Case Investigated
State Health Officials Investigate Possible Case In Westborough

POSTED: 3:21 pm EDT June 10, 2011
UPDATED: 3:25 pm EDT June 10, 2011

BOSTON -- Health officials are investigating another possible case of the measles in Massachusetts.

The State Department of Public Health is trying to confirm the case in a person at the Bose Corp. in Westborough. There have already been 17 cases of measles this year in the Bay State.

The latest outbreak of the measles in Massachusetts has state health officials concerned. "It really is a real worry for us. We have not had this many cases since 2006. We've had 17 cases so far this year and 12 since May 1," Massachusetts of Public Health Dr. Al DeMaria said...

 

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Source: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1388112585/Results-inconclusive-in-suspected-case-of-measles

Results inconclusive in suspected case of measles in Westborough
By Anonymous
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jun 14, 2011 @ 01:21 PM

WESTBOROUGH —

The results of a lab test to determine if there is a case of measles in Westborough were inconclusive, said Westborough Director of Public Health Paul McNulty...

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Source: http://westborough.patch.com/articles/measles-testing-inclusive-cdc-now-involved

Measles Testing Inconclusive, CDC Now Involved
Bose Corporation will be getting 300 doses of the MMR vaccine to distribute to employees.
By MaryJo Kurtz | Email the author | 8:52am

State lab results on a possible case of measles in Westborough are inconclusive, Paul McNulty told Westborough Patch.

“They will be sending the results to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) in Atlanta for interpretation,” said McNulty, Westborough Director of Public Health. “This is an unusual situation...”

 

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Source: http://westborough.patch.com/articles/suspected-measles-case-at-bose-corporation-is-positive

Suspected Measles Case at Bose Corporation is Positive
The Center for Disease Control returns a positive result.
By Faith Mayer | Email the author | 9:55am


The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that the suspected case of measles at Bose Corporation, 9 Technology Drive, is positive.

"The test has come back with a positive result from the CDC," noted Director of Public Health for the Town of Westborough, Paul McNulty.

"Effective today if a Bose employee cannot provide proof of the vaccine, they must immediately get vaccinated or be excluded from work," McNulty said. "The clinic to receive the MMR vaccine began at 8 a.m. this morning (at the Bose Corporation)with 300 doses of the MMR..."