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Measles cases and exposure have been reported at several locations in the Triangle. It’s important that you check your measles vaccination status to ensure it is up to date.

Measles is a highly contagious virus that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or breathes. If you were in a location with someone known to have measles, you may have been exposed, and you may be contagious before symptoms appear.

While there have been no cases of measles reported at any Duke Health locations, Duke Infection Prevention is doing everything it can to monitor the situation and minimize the public health risk. Here, Ibukun C. Kalu, MD, a specialist in pediatric infectious disease at Duke Health, answers frequently asked questions.

One in five children have abnormal levels of fats in their blood, like high cholesterol or triglycerides, and require special care to manage their condition now, before it becomes a problem in adulthood. Duke Health’s pediatric lipid disorders clinic brings together a team of experts to do just that. “We create individual care plans for children and their families,” said Duke Health pediatric endocrinologist Pinar Gumus Balikcioglu, MD, MHSc.

In the summer of 2025, Charlotte, NC resident Marisa Chow was 28 when she had a stroke. Months later, she was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease -- a rare cerebrovascular condition where narrowed arteries reduce the brain's blood supply. Chow came to Duke Health, where neurosurgeon Erik F. Hauck, MD, performed a cerebral artery bypass surgery to improve blood flow in Chow’s brain. Now Chow says she’s “back to how I was, honestly, not even pre-surgery, but before I started experiencing all of the symptoms.”