Health official ‘highly concerned’ with latest Nebraska measles case

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…

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