Measles exposure reported at multiple Northern Virginia businesses

Potential exposure to measles, a highly contagious disease, affecting unknown number of individuals at affected locations.

In the Reston area of Northern Virginia, a traveler unknowingly carried one of humanity's oldest and most contagious diseases through at least four local businesses, leaving in their wake an invisible trail of potential exposure. Virginia health officials have stepped forward to remind communities that measles — declared eliminated in the United States a quarter century ago — still finds its way back whenever vaccination gaps and international travel intersect. The incident is less an anomaly than a recurring lesson: the fragility of public health gains depends entirely on the collective commi

Measles exposure reported at multiple Northern Virginia businesses

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