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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg<\/a> Catholic High has confirmed a case of measles in one of their sophomore students.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The school sent a message to parents and guardians, confirming a case of measles. According to the school, the sophomore student in question has not been at school since January 27. Additionally, they are unaware of any additional cases at this time.<\/p>\n The school is working with the Department of Health to ensure the safety of students and staff.<\/p>\n \u00a0St. Pete<\/a> Catholic High says while the diocesan immunization policy allows for medical exemptions from licensed physicians, a majority of the student body is vaccinated. 99.2% of its student body is vaccinated against the disease, and plans to continue all classes and activities as normal.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Measles in Florida: 2 cases confirmed in Tampa Bay area out of 3 reported in state<\/a><\/p>\n Measles Symptoms <\/p>\n Measles symptoms include:\u00a0<\/p>\n FeverCoughRash that starts on the face and spreads downward <\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n The school is urging anyone with these symptoms to stay home and immediately seek medical care. The school says if anyone is unvaccinated to contact their physicians for further guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this article was created using a release to parents from St. Petersburg Catholic High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pinellas County<\/a>Health<\/a>St. Petersburg<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg Catholic High has confirmed a case of measles in one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,571,115,1157,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-146077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pinellas","12":"tag-st-pete","13":"tag-st-pete-headlines","14":"tag-st-pete-news","15":"tag-st-petersburg","16":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","17":"tag-st-petersburg-news","18":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vlcsnap-2026-02-06-08h35m15s931.png\")
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