Nebraska health officials have confirmed the first measles case in Lancaster County in 36 years, which is the state’s fifth case in about a month’s time.
The latest incidence of the highly contagious disease in Nebraska is an adult who was vaccinated and had no out-of-state travel history, according to the reporting agency, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.
“We are highly concerned,” said Kerry Kernen, Lincoln-Lancaster health director, especially given the rise nationally and particularly in the states of Arizona, South Carolina and Utah…