Nassau Co. NY: Measles case

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Source: http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=133232

Health Officials Confirm Case Of Measles On Long Island
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Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 @01:30pm CST

(Uniondale, NY) -- Health officials in Nassau County, New York are concerned about a possible measles outbreak.

Officials have confirmed that an unidentified one-year-old child has the measles and may have exposed other individuals.

Officials say the child recently traveled internationally to a location with known measles...

 

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Re: Nassau Co. NY: Measles case

Source: http://www.gcnews.com/news/2010-01-29/Front_Page/Measles_Case_Includes_Garden_City_Exposures.html

Measles Case Includes Garden City Exposures

The Nassau County Department of Health has warned that there has been an outbreak of measles which may have resulted in the exposure of Garden City residents to the disease.

According to the Health Department, the patient is a 12 month old child who resides in Nassau County. The child recently traveled internationally to a location with known measles. Residents may have been exposed to this individual with measles if they visited the following locations on the dates and times listed below:

Island Garden Basketball, 45 Cherry Valley Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552

Exposure: Thursday, January 21 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Garden City Pediatrics, 975 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 (between 9th & 10th Streets, on the east side of Franklin Ave.)

Exposure: Saturday, January 23 from 8:25 am to 12:15 pm; Monday, January 25 from 8:45 am to 12:45 pm and January 26 from 8:45 am to 2:15 pm.

The Health Department has notified all emergency rooms, the Nassau County Medical Society and the Nassau County Pediatric Society that an individual with measles has been diagnosed in Nassau County.

In its efforts to prevent the spread of illness, Nassau County Department of Health is advising individuals who may have been exposed and who have symptoms consistent with measles to call their health care providers or emergency rooms before going for care so that others are not exposed to the illness...

...For additional information about measles, visit the Health Department website at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Health/index.html or call us at 516.227.9697.