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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1729" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/young-children-traveling-abroad-aren-t-getting-measles-vaccines-they-n1098071" target="_blank">Young children traveling abroad aren&#039;t getting the measles vaccines they need, study finds - NBC News</a>Children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years are particularly vulnerable to measles. Many young children traveling abroad aren&#039;t receiving the vaccines they need to protect them from measles, a study published Monday in <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2756131" target="_blank">JAMA Pediatrics</a> finds.Kids are more likely to be exposed to measles when traveling internationally than when they are at home in the United State, said study co-author Dr. Emily Hyle, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Worldwide, measles cases have risen steadily in recent years.But children in the U.S. generally aren&#039;t slated to be fully vaccinated against the highly contagious virus until at least age 4. That means kids traveling overseas may need the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, before it&#039;s usually recommended in the U.S.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1729, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/young-children-traveling-abroad-aren-t-getting-measles-vaccines-they-n1098071'][B]Young children traveling abroad aren't getting the measles vaccines they need, study finds - NBC News[/B][/URL] [B] Children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years are particularly vulnerable to measles. [/B] Many young children traveling abroad aren't receiving the vaccines they need to protect them from measles, a study published Monday in [URL='https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2756131']JAMA Pediatrics[/URL] finds. Kids are more likely to be exposed to measles when traveling internationally than when they are at home in the United State, said study co-author Dr. Emily Hyle, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Worldwide, measles cases have risen steadily in recent years. But children in the U.S. generally aren't slated to be fully vaccinated against the highly contagious virus until at least age 4. That means kids traveling overseas may need the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, before it's usually recommended in the U.S. [/QUOTE]

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