{"id":132453,"date":"2026-02-13T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132453\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:34:17","slug":"confirmed-case-of-measles-in-nyc-dept-of-health-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132453\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed case of measles in NYC, Dept. of Health reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There is one confirmed measles case in New York City, according to New York City&#8217;s Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The individual with a confirmed case of measles is an unvaccinated infant who recently traveled internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK &#8211; There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/health\/health-topics\/measles.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one confirmed measles case in New York City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one confirmed measles case in New York City<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/index.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York City&#039;s Department of Health;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York City&#8217;s Department of Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Measles in NYC<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The individual with a confirmed case of measles is an unvaccinated infant who recently traveled internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department is working to inform people who may have been exposed.<\/p>\n<p>What is measles?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the department&#8217;s official website, measles is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/health\/health-topics\/measles.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:contagious virus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">contagious virus<\/a> that can cause fever and a rash.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine at a health module in Chapultepec Park during a mass vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health in response to the increase in measles cases in Mexico City on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/75cfd6e820cbe24b562a187a06d4c1ae.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine at a health module in Chapultepec Park during a mass vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health in response to the increase in measles cases in Mexico City on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If one person has measles, up to 90% of people around them will also get it if they are unvaccinated or otherwise not immune.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article includes information from New York City&#8217;s Department of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief There is one confirmed measles case in New York City, according to New York City&#8217;s Department&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[56666,39619,16081,56665,9,24,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-132453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-confirmed-case","9":"tag-department-of-health","10":"tag-measles","11":"tag-measles-vaccine","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}