Alabama State Health Officer: ‘Fully expect’ to see measles in the state

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Alabama’s public health director said Thursday that public health officials were “doing everything possible to prepare” for measles as the highly-contagious disease spreads through the country.

“We’re educating providers and sending out information to health care facilities and individual providers so that they can look for it and recognize it,” said Dr. Scott Harris, the State Health Officer, at a meeting of the Alabama Department of Public Health.

Harris said that the state has …

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