Measles exposures traced through multiple U.S. airports, including Burbank
Los Angeles County health officials investigated a confirmed measles infection in a traveler who had been at Hollywood Burbank Airport and a Thrifty rental-car location, issuing exposure alerts and beginning contact tracing. Earlier, Yahoo reported that health officials warned of a measles patient who passed through San Francisco International Airport and two grocery stores in San Jose, urging unvaccinated individuals to monitor symptoms. Fox News later noted that Los Angeles County officials had also examined a possible exposure on a Cathay Pacific flight arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, with potential risk to passengers and guests at a nearby hotel. WTOP reported a confirmed case in a Maryland resident who traveled through Dulles Airport and visited an urgent-care clinic in Northwest Washington, D.
C. , prompting advice for exposed persons. ABC7 Chicago said the Chicago Department of Public Health identified an international traveler who tested positive after arriving at O’Hare Airport’s Terminal 5 on June 17, potentially exposing other passengers. The Burbank investigation, as detailed by the New York Post, followed these earlier alerts, with officials notifying potentially exposed travelers and staff at the airport and rental-car facility.
