Measles quickly spreading in Kansas counties with alarmingly low vaccination
arstechnica.com

... Meanwhile, Texas kids reportedly getting liver damage from supplement touted by RFK Jr.

An eruption of measles is spreading quickly in Kansas, with cases doubling in a week and spreading to three new counties, some with vaccination coverage among kindergartners at pitiful levels as low as 41 percent. Coverage of 95 percent or greater is thought to protect communities from onward spread of the extremely contagious virus.

In an update Wednesday, March 26, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported 23 measles cases across six counties"up from 10 cases across three counties on March 21. The 23 people ill with the dangerous virus are mostly children, including six who are 0 to 4 years old, nine who are 5 to 10, three who are 11 to 13, three who are 14 to 17, and two adults between the ages of 25 and 44. Fortunately, none of the cases have been hospitalized so far, and there have been no deaths.

Twenty of the 23 cases were unvaccinated. One case was "not age appropriately vaccinated," one was "age appropriately vaccinated," and the remaining case's vaccination status is pending. ...

On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that as measles continues to spread, parents have continued to eschew vaccines and instead embraced "alternative" treatments, including vitamin A, which has been touted by anti-vaccine advocate and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Vitamin A accumulates in the body and can be toxic with large doses or extended use. Texas doctors told the Times that they've now treated a handful of unvaccinated children who had been given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage. ...

Measles case confirmed in DC, individual may have exposed others on Amtrak train
abcnews.go.com

... A measles case was confirmed in a person who traveled to Washington, D.C., on an Amtrak train, according to the D.C. Department of Health (DC Health).

The person visited multiple locations while contagious, including the southbound Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 Train and Union Station on March 19, as well as a MedStar Urgent Care in Adams Morgan on March 22, DC Health said in a press release on Tuesday.

DC Health said it is currently working to inform people who were at these locations that they may have been exposed. ...

The individual flew from Minnesota to Reagan National Airport but was not contagious at the time of their flight or while in Minnesota.

"On March 24, a case of measles was confirmed in an adult who lives in Hennepin County and had recently traveled domestically and internationally," Jayne Griffith, Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologist, said in a statement, "the person was not infectious while in Minnesota, so there were no exposures in Minnesota from this case. We are still investigating where this person acquired measles.

Health officials noted the individual was fully vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. Breakthrough infections are rare but possible. Fully vaccinated people who get measles are less likely to spread the disease to other people and typically have milder illness, the CDC said. ...