A woman scratches a measles rash. The Alabama Department of Public Health Monday reported that a child in north Alabama had tested positive for measles, the first confirmed case of the disease in the state since 2002. (Getty Images)
An Alabama child contracted measles while traveling outside the United States, the Alabama Department of Public Health said Monday.
ADPH said in a statement the 5-year-old living in north Alabama was not vaccinated against the viral respiratory disease. The child did not attend a day care or school and their siblings were vaccinated in accordance with official guidelines on the vaccine. ADPH was not able to find out why the infected child had not been vaccinated…