Some midstate schools take precautions to prevent spread of measles

LPN Monica Heinbaugh, left, talks to Paige Massimilla an her daughter, Sutton, Monday, August 27, 2018 at Keystone Pediatrics, Chambersburg. An outbreak of measles has affected children across the state and and clinics are getting vaccine’s ready. (Photo: Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion)

(Chambersburg) — With measles cases popping up across the country – including one earlier this year in Pennsylvania – local school districts are taking precautions to prevent an outbreak in the area. 

Earlier this year, the state saw a confirmed case of measles in February in a fully vaccinated Allegheny County patient, who was exposed outside of the country,