{"id":38685,"date":"2025-09-16T21:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38685"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:06:12","slug":"health-officials-on-high-alert-after-worlds-most-infectious-disease-is-detected-in-new-york-city-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38685","title":{"rendered":"Health officials on high alert after world&#8217;s most infectious disease is detected in New York City &#8211; Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Health officials have confirmed <strong>two new measles cases<\/strong> in New York City, sparking renewed warnings for parents.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said the cases were found in the Lower East Side and SoHo. The city\u2019s health department is contacting anyone who may have been exposed and urging testing. \u201cThis should remind all parents to make sure their kids are vaccinated,\u201d Levine wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102084729-15101239-image-a-13_1757963353903.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>New York City has one of the nation\u2019s highest measles vaccination rates, with 98% of kindergarteners fully immunized. But Levine warned there are still \u201cpockets of resistance,\u201d particularly in some religious communities.<\/p>\n<p>The cases come as the U.S. faces its biggest measles outbreak since 1992, with 1,454 infections across 42 states this year. Three people, including two children, have died.<\/p>\n<p>Measles spreads easily through the air, and unvaccinated people have a 90% risk of infection after exposure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/561561561561561.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Are vaccination rates enough to keep New Yorkers safe, or could more cases be coming?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1599122\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials have confirmed two new measles cases in New York City, sparking renewed warnings for parents. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said the cases were found in the Lower &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38687,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38685\/revisions\/38687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}