Maine reports first measles case in two years.

A child in Maine has tested positive for measles, the first case in the state since 2019. The child had received a dose of the measles vaccine, but the Maine CDC is considering the child to be infectious out of an abundance of caution. The agency is working with several facilities where exposure may have occurred to inform potentially exposed individuals. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and a rash that spreads from the head down. The MMR vaccine is the best prevention for measles. Maine eliminated religious and philosophic exemptions to school-required vaccines, including the MMR vaccine, in a 2019 law that went into effect in 2021.