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The latest case of confirmed infection was in an unvaccinated child in Bonner County, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Panhandle Health District. Officials said there is no known connection between this case and the first reported case in Kootenai County. Also, the second case was reported in Bonneville County last week.
Idaho reported the state’s third measles case in the last two weeks, after not reporting any infections this year during a national surge. Health officials say they don’t know of a link between the new measles case in Bonner County reported Wednesday and a separate case reported last week in Kootenai County,
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently highlighted the newest COVID-19 variant and measles in their AMA Update Series.
This year’s back-to-school season is the first in 35 years that Montana has had an active measles case, likely generating questions and concerns for parents, te
The Virginia Department of Health is sounding the alarm after a person who traveled through the Washington Dulles International Airport tested positive for measles.
Washington has seen 10 confirmed cases of measles so far in 2025, according to the state Department of Health, or DOH. The cases have all been on the west side, including six in King County and two each in Whatcom and Snohomish counties. The Whatcom County cases involved two family members in the same household.
Officials say a traveler from out of state who visited two Wisconsin gas stations may have exposed others to measles.
To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.