Dr. Phyllis Ritchie: Family should get measles shots for travel
to Europe  My husband, my 13-year-old daughter and I are taking
a trip this summer to England and France. My husband and I are
both 49. My sister told me I need to get a measles vaccination.
Is this true, even though I had a measles vaccination as a
child? -- Sophie, San Francisco    Your sister is correct. If
you and your husband have not received the adult booster of the
measles vaccine it is important you do so. You also should make
sure your daughter's vaccines are up to date.  Recently there
have been outbreaks of measles inside and outside the United
States. Factors contributing to the outbreaks have included
infants who had not been vaccinated and were susceptible to
infection and youngsters who were not vaccinated because of
religious beliefs or from fear of an adverse reaction to the
vaccine.  In France, more than 14,000 cases of measles were
reported from January through June 2011. There was an outbreak
at this year's Super Bowl in Indi