Not exactly 'Contagion' - but still scary
on Sunday said it was notified that a traveler with measles visited Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport on Dec. 12 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. and Terminal 1 on Dec. 17 from 4:30 to 8 p.m.: The traveler with measles visited the airport on Dec. 17 from 9 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., according to the. Officials noted that the traveler did not pick up bags in baggage claim and was picked up at the curb by a private vehicle.
Measles symptoms include high fever, cough, red eyes, and generalized rash, according to Dr. Robert Glatter, emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. The rash usually starts on the face, proceeds down the body, and may include the palms and soles. The rash lasts several days, Glatter told USA TODAY via email.The case that touched three airports during the holiday travel rush comes during a
. They top 1,200, the highest number since endemic measles was eradicated, Dr. Michael Grosso, chief medical officer and pediatrics chair at Huntington Hospital in Long Island, New York, said via e-mail."If you're at JFK, you might as well be in Paris or Madrid,'' Grosso said."We are a world community, and measles is prevalent around the globe -- in several European countries, a number of African nations, and parts of Southeast Asia.
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