Alabama health experts encourage Measles vaccine for kids following series of outbreaks [Video]

THAN ONE SHOOTER AS THEY TRY TO TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS AND SOME NEW WARNINGS THIS MORNING FROM HEALTH EXPERTS FOLLOWING A SERIES OF MEASLES OUTBREAKS. WVTM 13 S EMMA OWEN IS JOINING US LIVE FROM BIRMINGHAM THIS MORNING. EMMA JUST HOW MANY CASES ARE DOCTORS SEEING ACROSS THE US RIGHT NOW? WELL, CARLA ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN OUTBREAKS LEADING TO 128 CASES ACROSS 20 STATES. NOW, NONE OF THESE CASES ARE IN OUR STATE. HOWEVER, THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STILL WANTS YOU TO BE AWARE OF THE ILLNESS AND WHAT EXACTLY YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR. THEY SAY SYMPTOMS SHOW UP A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS AFTER SOMEONE’S BEEN INFECTED. THEY INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH, RUNNY NOSE AND WATERY EYES. A FEW DAYS LATER, YOU COULD ALSO NOTICE SMALL WHITE SPOTS IN YOUR MOUTH AND 3 TO 5 DAYS AFTER SYMPTOMS SHOW UP, YOU COULD …