Amid rising measles cases, a new generation of doctors is being taught how to spot the disease
ABC News
Measles was once considered eliminated in the U.S. Now, doctors are having to learn how to rapidly detect and diagnose a disease they have never had to treat before.
Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States.
Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area.
Emergency medicine physicians and departments have to relearn how to rapidly detect and diagnose a disease that many have never had to treat before, only learning about it in school.
Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 because most Americans are vaccinated, and doctors told ABC News they and their colleagues may not even consider the disease as a possible diagnosis if a child comes in with a rash and a fever.
