Pediatricians and public health experts said they’ve seen a surge in requests for “bonus” doses of measles immunization following the death of an unvaccinated six-year-old in West Texas last week.

Ventura County public health officials also sent an alert this month to doctors regarding measles. It cites the national rise in cases and advises them to consider the virus if patients have a fever of at least 101 degrees, cold symptoms or conjunctivitis, and a rash that starts on the face and descends down the body.

A local health department in the Wabash Valley is responding to the recent measles outbreak in the United States. The Knox County Health Department will be hosting a measles vaccine clinic. It will take place Saturday,

Bay Area health officials came together Friday to urge residents in the region to get a measles vaccination if they never received one or if they avoided the disease as a child. In a statement, the Association of Health Officials said it was making the recommendation because measles cases are rising in the United States.