771 - More Cases of Measles in the United States

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

News, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Overview:

An uptick of measles cases in the U.S. is raising concerns, especially heading into summer when travelers may bring back more cases from Europe. This most infectious human virus can cause severe and even fatal complications, especially for unvaccinated children—sometimes years after what seemed to be a mild case. Pandemic disruptions and rampant mis- and disinformation online have contributed to declining rates of vaccination that leave some communities especially vulnerable to measles outbreaks. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with states, health departments, and the general public to communicate around the danger of measles, the safety of vaccines, and what people can do once they've been exposed.

Guests:

Dr. David Sugerman is the incident manager for measles response at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Dan Filardo is a medical officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working to fight measles across the country.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Show links and related content:

Measles Cases and Outbreaks Dashboard—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Assessing Measles Outbreak Risk in the United States—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Learn the Signs. Act Early. (Autism campaign)—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Official Urges Parents to Get Measles Vaccine for Children—Health News Florida

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
0:05.9	where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges.
0:16.3	If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhhhu.edu.
0:23.8	That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:32.3	This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. Today, measles in the United States and what we can do to protect ourselves. Dr. David
0:39.5	Sugarman is the incident manager for the measles response at the U.S. Centers for Disease
0:44.0	Control and Prevention. Dr. Dan Filardo is his colleague, a medical officer at the CDC, working
0:50.1	to fight measles across the country. They joined Dr. Josh Sharfstein to talk about how
0:55.3	2024 is shaping up and the effort to keep the world's most
0:59.5	infectious human virus at bay.
1:02.2	Let's listen.
1:03.9	Dr. David Sugarman, Dr. Dan Falardo, thank you for joining me from the CDC to
1:08.4	talk about measles and the situation with measles here in the United States.
1:12.9	I'd like to start with you, Dr. Sugarman.
1:14.8	Could you remind us all what is measles?
1:18.5	Thanks, Josh.
1:19.5	Measles is the most infectious human virus.
1:22.0	It's really transmitted quite well between people by respiratory droplets suspended in the air.
1:27.2	Just in an example, one person in a room
1:29.3	with 10 unvaccinated people will infect nine of them. Typically starts with fever and cough,
1:36.5	conjunctivitis, and a runny nose that lasts for two to four days. And then a rash starts,
1:41.6	typically at the hairline, extends downward, covering most of the body.
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