Traveling to Europe? Make sure your measles vaccination is up to date

Researchers who work with the CDC are warning travelers to get their measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after a 'record high' number of measles fatalities in Europe

Measles is not the souvenir you want to bring back from your once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe this summer, but there's an increasing likelihood that could happen if your vaccinations are not up to date.

Researchers who work with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning travelers to get their measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after a"record high" number of measles fatalities in Europe.Measles cases in United States rise to 1,044The reminder, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, is not agency travel guidance like what the CDC released during the Zika outbreak in 2016.

If you need a vaccination and have a trip coming up, the CDC recommends going to your doctor at least a month before you leave. It may take that much time for your body to build up immunity, and you may need that much time to complete vaccine series. To learn more about the risks in a particular country, check its page on the CDC website. For France, for example, the site has an"outbreak alert" in red letters at the top of the page to remind people to be vaccinated against measles.

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