{"id":75389,"date":"2025-08-20T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=75389"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:16:09","slug":"measles-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/measles-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about measles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measles cases have recently been identified in 36 U.S. states, including Arizona. Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that spreads through coughing, sneezing or being in close proximity to an infected individual. Given how quickly it can spread, especially in a college environment, and how severe measles can be, it is important that everyone at NAU takes precautions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This includes:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Making sure you\u2019re up to date on your measles vaccine (MMR). If you\u2019re not sure or need a booster, contact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Campus Health Services<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you\u2019re symptomatic, stay home. Symptoms of measles, which typically appear a week or more after exposure, include a high fever, cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes and pink eye. Spots and rash typically develop a few days after the initial symptoms.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you are experiencing symptoms of measles, please seek medical attention. Contact your health care provider or visit the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Campus Health Services website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fto access services or for more information.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Please also be aware that NAU has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/university-policy-library\/measles-mumps-rubella\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">policy<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> regarding measles, mumps and rubella immunity due to the severity of these diseases. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coconino.az.gov\/3492\/Measles\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coconino County Health and Human Services website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/measles-2025\/\">Measles cases have recently been identified in 36 U.S. states, including Arizona. Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that spreads through coughing, sneezing or being in close proximity to an infected individual. Given how quickly it can spread, especially in a college environment, and how severe measles can be, it is important that everyone&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}