{"id":319615,"date":"2026-05-17T03:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319615\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:56:08","slug":"l-a-county-health-officials-confirm-fifth-measles-case-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319615\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County health officials confirm fifth measles case this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a confirmed measles case<\/a> in a resident who recently traveled internationally, the agency said in a release Saturday. <\/p>\n

This is the fifth measles case identified by the county this year as outbreaks increase across the U.S. and globally. <\/p>\n

The infected resident arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday on Alaska Airlines Flight 1354. Other travelers at Tom Bradley International Terminal B that day between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. may have been exposed to the virus, officials said. <\/p>\n

Public health officials are advising residents to check their immunization status and watch for symptoms if exposed. The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is the most effective protection from measles, according to the public health department. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs measles cases increase<\/a>, it is important that residents take steps to make sure they are fully protected,\u201d L.A. County Health Officer Muntu Davis said in a statement. \u201cThe MMR vaccine is the safest and most reliable way to prevent measles and protect yourself, your family, and your community.\u201d<\/p>\n

In coordination with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, L.A. County Public Health will notify travelers seated near the infected person on the flight. <\/p>\n

Affected travelers are at risk of developing measles from seven to 21 days after exposure to the virus. Symptoms include<\/a> rash, fever, cough and red, watery eyes. <\/p>\n

Measles can lead to complications including pneumonia, brain swelling and even death. Those with symptoms should notify their healthcare facility before visiting, officials said. <\/p>\n

So far this year, 1,814 measles cases have been confirmed nationwide, including 48 in California.<\/p>\n

In January, health officials recorded the most amount of cases since the U.S. achieved elimination of the virus in 2000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a confirmed measles case in a resident who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[217,30899,57553,133406,133407,48,52,51,47,50,49,28701,47290,51292,32841,288,37965,2281,34501,80786,72],"class_list":["post-319615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-day","tag-disease-control","tag-fever","tag-fifth-measle-case","tag-l-a-county-health-official","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-other-traveler","tag-pneumonia","tag-public-health-official","tag-rash","tag-resident","tag-symptom","tag-u-s","tag-virus","tag-watery-eye","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}