Bay Area doctors urge vaccinations

Bay Area health officials came together Friday to urge residents in the region to get a measles vaccination if they never received one or if they avoided the disease as a child.

In a statement, the Association of Bay Area Health Officials said it was making the recommendation because measles cases are rising in the United States. Officials said measles cases in west Texas and New Mexico now number about 300 and that two people have died — the first deaths from the disease in the United State since 2015.

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Health officials said the risk of exposure to measles remains low in the Bay Area. The safest way to fight it is to get a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination shot if you’re 12 months to 3 years old, and to get two of them if you’re older than 3.

“Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world, but it is preventable with the MMR vaccine,” San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip said in a statement. “If children in your family are not fully vaccinated, or if you did not have measles as a child, please get the vaccine for the best protection.”

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