 Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | | |
| | | | | BY MEG WINGERTER If you passed through DIA's Concourse C last Tuesday and come down with what feels like a flu, now is not the time to tough it out and go about your day as normal. Someone who had a contagious case of measles got a connecting flight there, potentially exposing people on Concourse C for up to two hours after they left. The measles rash doesn't appear until four days after someone becomes contagious, so people can inadvertently pass the virus on while thinking they have a more common respiratory bug. Two measles shots are roughly 97% effective at preventing the virus, but babies under one year and people with compromised immune systems can't get that particular vaccine, meaning they rely on the rest of us to protect them. | | | | The Mesa County resident has no known connection to other recent exposures reported in Colorado. | | | | | For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. | | | | | Former agency officials worry the meetings are skirting federal rules. | | | | | The National Institutes of Health canceled 53 grants to Colorado institutions earlier this year, according to the volunteer tracking group Grant Witness. | | | | | About 9 million veterans are enrolled in the VA health system. | | | | | An Adams County child is in the hospital with measles, and Colorado public health officials warn of possible exposure at Children’s Hospital. | | | |
