Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26860985

Summary

Newborns at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, were exposed to measles after an infected woman gave birth.

Hospital staff are administering immunoglobulin injections to protect infants, though long-term immunity requires vaccination.

Public health officials fear this exposure could worsen the ongoing outbreak, which has spread from Texas and New Mexico into Oklahoma. Texas has reported 259 cases, with one confirmed child death.

Officials continue tracing contacts to contain the virus, which can linger in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours.

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 hour ago

      You should probably try reading the article.

      Doctors didn’t realize until the young mother had been admitted and in labor that she was infected with the measles.

      By that time, other new moms, newborn babies and their families at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock had unknowingly been exposed to the virus

      Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts — implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as three days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system fight off infections.

      It has nothing to do with vaccines.

      Edit: Other than idiots not getting vaccinated being the root cause of the resurgence.

      Edit 2: Just to note, the MMR first dose is 12-15mos, then the second at 4-6yrs. A newborn does not get a measles vaccination.