by Carrie Macmillan, Yale University Measles is so contagious that one infected person can spread the respiratory virus to 90 percent of people in the same room—and it can live in the air for two hours. Often, an infected person doesn’t even know they have measles for several weeks. Early symptoms include a fever, cough, runny nose, and red...
(HealthDay)—A third dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine lowers the risk of mumps during an outbreak, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cristina V. Cardemil, M.D., M.P.H., from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of a third dose of...
