NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A preventable illness has returned to Tennessee.
Tennessee health officials are raising the alarm after confirming a case of measles in the Nashville area — the state’s first since 2005 — and warned that falling vaccination rates could open the door for more.
Measles is not the mild childhood memory some imagine. It begins with fever, red eyes and a dry cough, and then moves quickly to a rash that can cover the body. It can lead to pneumonia, ear infections and even swelling of the brain…