While a confirmed case of measles is yet to turn up in Connecticut, the disease is spreading across the United States and New England with nearly 900 confirmed cases as of the latest count.
Those cases are spread across 30 jurisdictions, including New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The high national case count is “an anomaly,” according to Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health. She is urging parents to vaccinate their children against the highly infectious disease…