AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a confirmed case of measles in Franklin County that it says is related to travel.
The state says the Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory confirmed the case. The last reported case of measles in the state was in 1997.
State epidemiologist Siiri Bennett says the Maine CDC is working with clinicians to identify potentially exposed individuals. The public may have been exposed if they visited several locations in Farmington and Kingfield between June 15 and 19.
Locations include the Narrow Gauge Cinema in Farmington on June 15, in the afternoon and during the evening, and the Kingfield Woodsman in Kingfield in the late morning and early afternoon of June 18.
Other affected areas include Restaurant la Chocolaterie in Quebec, Canada, Farmington's Franklin Memorial Hospital Laboratory and Grantlee's Tavern and Grill, CBS affiliate WGME in Portland reports.
Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that can cause pneumonia and death.
SugeNightShyamalan on June 28th, 2017 at 05:33 UTC »
I was given an altered form of measles as cancer treatment in part of a trial.
It was wildly successful, however I wasn't able to spend time with infants who weren't yet vaccinated. I operated under the assumption any adults I met were vaccinated.
MMR vaccine is so fucking important, especially with the continued success of these trials.
VanGoFuckYourself on June 28th, 2017 at 04:44 UTC »
Forgive my ignorance, but when a disease like this has been essentially extinct in an area... how does it come back? Travel to an area that still has it?
BirtSampson on June 28th, 2017 at 01:37 UTC »
Remember when you were supposed to be ashamed for being stupid?