New details are emerging after Montgomery County Health officials confirmed Pennsylvania’s first measles case of the year over the weekend.
Health officials have issued a measles alert involving JFK Airport in Queens after an infected child from China went through the air-traffic hub last week. The warning from officials in Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania's first measles case of 2025 was confirmed in Montgomery County, officials said. On Friday, Feb. 28, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) told NBC10 there was one confirmed measles case in Pennsylvania.
Across Pennsylvania, 94% of kindergartners had received 2 or more doses of the measles vaccine for the 2023-2024 school year, a 4-year drop of 1.5%.
The first case of measles has been reported in Pennsylvania. A local medical director is recommending people get vaccinated, especially children. According to Dr. Graham Snyder at UPMC Hamot, there is no specific treatment for measles,
Pennsylvania has had its first confirmed case of measles in 2025. Health officials in Montgomery County confirmed that the case involved an unvaccinated child and that it’s possible members of the public were exposed.
Health officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Montgomery County child. Disease investigators with the Montgomery County Office of Public Health (OPH) are completing contact tracing.
Montgomery County, PA reports first measles case of 2025, linked to an unvaccinated child and international travel.
The unvaccinated child visited the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's King of Prussia campus emergency room on Feb. 26, the county's Department of Health said.
Contact tracing is underway, as the unvaccinated child was exposed to public transit and healthcare facilities.