Health alert issued after measles-infected traveler took Amtrak across states

• An unvaccinated traveler infected with measles traveled by Amtrak train from Chicago to Los Angeles and then took trains and buses across at least six California counties and a train to Denver.
• The California Department of Public Health urged exposed commuters and state residents to get vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.
• The United States is grappling with its highest measles caseload since 1991, recording 3,471 confirmed cases across 45 states and Washington, D.C.
• Data show that 95 % of the confirmed national cases involve individuals who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.
• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the outbreak, though global data ranks the United States among the worst 38 percent of countries for infection rates.

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Alert from health officials as it emerges person with measles traveled from Chicago to LA by train