Sacramento County reports measles cases in unvaccinated children
Updated: 8:04 PM PST Mar 4, 2026
Sacramento County Public Health is reporting two cases of measles in children who were not vaccinated. One of the children became ill in January while traveling to South Carolina, where there is an ongoing outbreak. The child is no longer contagious and does not have symptoms. Officials do not know how the second child was exposed, but that child was treated at Kaiser Permanente Roseville and is now isolating at home. There have been 26 confirmed measles cases in California recorded this year, as of Monday.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channelPHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
ROSEVILLE, Calif. —
Sacramento County Public Health is reporting two cases of measles in children who were not vaccinated.
One of the children became ill in January while traveling to South Carolina, where there is an ongoing outbreak.
The child is no longer contagious and does not have symptoms.
Officials do not know how the second child was exposed, but that child was treated at Kaiser Permanente Roseville and is now isolating at home.
There have been 26 confirmed measles cases in California recorded this year, as of Monday.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel