A person with measles visited several public locations in Wake County on Feb. 5 and 6, including a gym and supermarket.
Measles is the most contagious disease to ever confront humans and is entirely preventable, doctors say. Now, an outbreak in neighboring South Carolina is putting North Carolina doctors increasingly on edge.
Health officials detected measles in the Mecklenburg County wastewater system this week, a sign the virus could be circulating more widely in North Carolina than the number of confirmed cases suggests.
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