This webinar will be provided in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
In the first three months of 2025, almost 400 measles cases have been confirmed in the United States, compared to a total of 285 for all of 2024. Most cases are part of an ongoing outbreak along the Texas/New Mexico border and is growing in other areas of the country. Now more than ever, it is important to stay up to date and keep the community informed to minimize contagion.
Join us to learn how to recognize and prevent measles in children and adults, and what you can do at the individual, family, school, and community level when someone is exposed or diagnosed.
Watch the Webinar Recording
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to…
- Recognize signs and symptoms of illness caused by the measles virus and how it is transmitted.
- Understand immunity provided by measles vaccines and vaccine schedules for measles and MMR.
- Recognize individual, community, and public health strategies to contain current measles outbreaks in the United States.
- Identify educational resources available for measles health promotion.
Presenters
Laszlo
Madaras
MD, MPH, FAAFP, SFHM
Chief Medical Officer
Migrant Clinicians Network
As the Chief Medical Officer for Migrant Clinicians Network, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH is responsible for the oversight of MCN clinical activities. He also serves as a subject matter expert for various health topics including emerging issues, farmworker health, and Tuberculosis. Over the last 30 years, in parts of Africa, Central America, South America, the Pacific Islands, and the United States, Dr. Madaras has served thousands for wide-ranging ailments, including newly emerging diseases.
Dr. Madaras arrived to in the United States as a Hungarian refugee in 1968 at the age of seven and eventually became a US citizen. Dr. Madaras received his MD and MPH from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1993. Early experiences include working as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow in pediatrics in Gabon, West Africa; as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Congo; and as a pesticide review manager at the US Environmental Protection Agency. He worked on the Congo/Rwandan border during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and on the Hungarian border with the former Yugoslavia in 1995.
Since 1996, Dr. Madaras has been a board-certified family physician in both inpatient and outpatient medicine in Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, and Obstetrics. He served as a frontline clinician at the Keystone Health Center where he cared for farmworkers and their families and became Assistant Medical Director from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, he became a hospitalist in Chambersburg and Waynesboro Hospitals in south central Pennsylvania, where he continues to work part time. In 2016, he became a Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine. In 2020, he became a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
In addition, Dr. Madaras has worked as a staff physician in Tuberculosis control at the Pennsylvania State Health Department since 2012, and regularly teaches US-based medical students on an international health rotation in Honduras. Dr. Madaras also teaches hospital medicine to Penn State nurse practitioner and physician assistant students and medical residents at Summit Health.
MPH
Director of Training and Technical Assistance
Migrant Clinicians Network
Renai Edwards began her career as a Peace Corp volunteer in Honduras, which led her to public health. She worked at local, state, national, and international government agencies for over 20 years and now serves as the Director of Training & Technical Assistance at Migrant Clinicians Network. Renai’s focus has been on infectious disease (HIV/STI/TB) prevention, control, and surveillance, and clinician and community training. She is bilingual (English/Spanish), holds a Master's of Public Health degree and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided financial support for this project. The award provided 100% of total costs and totaled $1,204,180. The contents are those of the author. They may not reflect the policies of HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Continuing Education Credit (CEU)
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Migrant Clinicians Network is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.