Measles

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Health officials are urging vaccinations as measles cases climb, including four in a widening outbreak in Montcalm County. But officials said they couldn’t release further details.

The 1-year-old boy contracted the virus from a 1-year-old girl in the county, who exposed kids at her daycare to measles earlier this month. Both children had received their first dose of the measles vaccine, and health officials say that's likely why they experienced only mild symptoms.

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many people are being exposed to false claims about measles and the measles vaccine.

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With vaccine hesitancy and measles infections rising among children in the state — some parents are concerned. Here's what you should know about the virus and how to protect against it.

The state is experiencing its first measles outbreak since 2019 in Montcalm County, where three individuals have contracted the virus. An outbreak is defined as three or more connected cases.

On this edition of Stateside, a discussion on the damage caused by the ice storms in late March in Northern Michigan, along with Ingham County’s first confirmed measles case and ways to stay protected.

County health officials say they've contacted the families of all 50 or so kids who attend a local daycare center, where they may have been exposed to measles. They're still determining how many of those children are unvaccinated, but about 83% of Ingham County kids between the ages of 19-35 months are vaccinated.

Health officials in Kent County say this is the county's first measles case in more than a decade.