Airline warns of measles after flight attendant falls into coma
A flight attendant for El Al is comatose after becoming ill with the measles on a flight from New York City to Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. The woman, 43, is suffering from the measles-related complication of encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, according to a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Health. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the condition affects one 1 of every 1,000 people who get the measles virus, but is more common in children younger than 5 and adults older than 20. It can cause permanent brain damage, deafness or death. Israeli health officials warned people who were on board El Al flight 002 — which left NY JFK March 26 and landed in Israel a day later — to seek medical care if they developed a fever, often the first sign of the highly contagious disease. <br/>
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Airline warns of measles after flight attendant falls into coma
A flight attendant for El Al is comatose after becoming ill with the measles on a flight from New York City to Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. The woman, 43, is suffering from the measles-related complication of encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, according to a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Health. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the condition affects one 1 of every 1,000 people who get the measles virus, but is more common in children younger than 5 and adults older than 20. It can cause permanent brain damage, deafness or death. Israeli health officials warned people who were on board El Al flight 002 — which left NY JFK March 26 and landed in Israel a day later — to seek medical care if they developed a fever, often the first sign of the highly contagious disease. <br/>
