Measles Information
Please carefully check your records and make sure your current measles vaccines are up to date because people can spread measles before they get sick and a person who has never had a measles vaccine has a 90% chance of catching the disease if they are near a person with measles.
How Measles Spread
Measles spread when someone with the virus coughs or sneezes.
Measles Symptoms
- Fever
- Cough and runny nose
- Red eyes
- Symptoms usually develop in one to two weeks
The Measles Vaccine Is Safe
- The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is very safe.
- Minor side effects might happen and can include pain at the site of the shot, fever, a mild rash and minor swelling.
- No mercury is in childhood vaccines.
