Should You Get A Measles Vaccine Booster? Here's What To Know.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/03/25/should-you-get-a-measles-vaccine-booster-heres-what-to-know/

Should You Get A Measles Vaccine Booster? Here's What To Know.
Molly Bohannon
Forbes Staff

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises the best way to protect against measles is to get the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine or the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) shot, which are often administered to children in two doses when they are between 12 and 15 months and again when they are between four- and six-years-old.

The CDC says most people who get either vaccination are “protected for life,” and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases says most vaccinated adults do not need boosters to protect against measles.

The NFID and CDC recommend that if you are unsure of immunity or vaccination status, it is safest to get a measles vaccine as there is “no harm in getting another dose if you may already be immune.”

The only group the CDC recommends should get another dose of the measles vaccine is “people vaccinated prior to 1968 with either inactivated (killed) measles vaccine or measles vaccine of unknown type.” The CDC recommends those people get at least one dose of a new measles vaccine as the vaccine available from 1963 to 1967 was not effective.

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The CDC said cases have been confirmed in Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington.

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