The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed three additional measles cases in Middle Tennessee on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the region reported its first case. One of the new cases confirmed Tuesday is related to Tennessee's first confirmed case on March 21.
Tennessee has four confirmed measles cases, and health care experts know with certainty that means more are on the way. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2020, but it is surging again as parents decline to vaccinate their children.
Kent County has its first Measles case in over a decade as the highly contagious disease spreads around the country. (April 2, 2025)
A new positive measles case was identified in an infant in Snohomish County, according to the Snohomish County Health Department.
Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated as Kent County reports its first measles case in over a decade.
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Kent County confirmed its first measles case in over a decade and listed times and places community members may have been exposed.
The first measles case in more than a decade has been confirmed in Kent County, officials announced. This is the first confirmed case of measles since 2013 and Michigan’s second case this year — the first was reported in Oakland County.