Health officials in Maryland have confirmed the state's first measles case for the year amid expanding outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico. The Maryland Department of Health said in a statement Sunday that a Howard County resident with recent international travel history has tested positive for the highly contagious disease.

The Maryland Department of Health and Howard County health officials announced Sunday a positive case of measles in a Howard County resident who recently traveled internationally.

The health department said there may have been exposures at Dulles’s international arrivals area and a Howard County pediatric emergency department.