As an outbreak of a virus many health experts believed was eradicated back in 2000 continues to spread across the U.S., the CDC is urging adults who received the vaccine between the years of 1963 and 1989 to consider going to the doctor for a second dose of the measles vaccine.
According to Reuters, the CDC has confirmed that 10 percent of the nearly 700 confirmed cases of measles across the U.S. occurred surrounded by people who received at least one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
These numbers reveal that even vaccinated individuals can be at risk when a large group of people becomes exposed to the virus. For this reason, the CDC urges anyone who lives in or spends any time in an outbreak area to make a doctor’s appointment and check their medical records for their MMR status.
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