June 4 announcement<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0measles case, the first in Erie County since 2018.\u00a0This individual\u00a0has not reported travel outside of Erie County, but\u00a0an initial\u00a0case investigation has not\u00a0found\u00a0any\u00a0connection\u00a0between these two cases.<\/p>\nLaboratory testing\u00a0through the New York State Department of Health\u00a0confirmed a measles infection in an individual on June\u00a09.\u00a0This individual visited\u00a0two\u00a0locations in Erie County\u00a0during their infectious period,\u00a0potentially exposing others to measles\u00a0on\u00a0June 4\u00a0and\u00a0June 6.<\/p>\n
Anyone who visited the following locations in Erie County may have been exposed to measles:<\/p>\n
\u20221021 Broadway, Buffalo, on\u00a0June 4, between\u00a03 and 7 p.m.\u00a0This building includes Jericho Road Community Health Center, Broadway Pediatrics, U.S. Postal Service Broadway Buffalo,\u00a0UBMD Internal Medicine,\u00a0Chy\u2019s\u00a0Kitchen and Catering, and the Care Management Coalition of WNY (including employees of and visitors to EPIC \u2013 Every Person Influences Children; Mental Health Advocates of WNY; Buffalo Urban League \u2013 Project Hope; Beyond Support Network; Parent Network of WNY; Project Play WNY; Self-Advocacy Association of New York State\/SANYS; Center for\u00a0Self Advocacy; NYS Office of People with Developmental Disabilities).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital of Buffalo emergency department (formerly Oishei Children\u2019s Hospital), 818 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, on\u00a0June 6, between\u00a010 a.m. and\u00a010:30\u00a0p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These exposure locations and times are in addition to the ones announced on June 4.<\/p>\n
These dates and times reflect the period that the infected individual was in these areas and a two-hour period after the individual left the area. The measles\u00a0virus\u00a0remains\u00a0alive in air and on surfaces for up to two hours.\u00a0Individuals who are not immune to measles and were exposed are at risk for developing measles.<\/p>\n
ECDOH is working with these locations to\u00a0identify\u00a0potentially exposed people,\u00a0notify them\u00a0of their exposure, and help them\u00a0determine\u00a0their vaccination status and level of risk.\u00a0This public notification is intended to inform people who ECDOH\u00a0is not able to\u00a0identify\u00a0of their exposure, and their\u00a0need to\u00a0monitor\u00a0for symptoms for 21 days past their exposure.<\/p>\n
All individuals who were exposed to measles, particularly those without immunity or who are not sure if they have been vaccinated, should contact their healthcare provider\u00a0if they develop measles\u00a0symptoms.<\/p>\n
Symptoms include a fever, cough, pink\u00a0and\u00a0watery\u00a0eyes,\u00a0or runny nose followed by appearance of a rash, often starting on the head and moving down the body.\u00a0Symptoms usually appear 10-12 days after exposure but may\u00a0appear as early as seen days and as late as 21 days after exposure.<\/p>\n
ECDOH\u00a0advises\u00a0individuals who may have been exposed and who have symptoms consistent with measles to contact their health care provider, a local clinic, or a local emergency department\u00a0before\u00a0going for care. This will help to prevent others at these facilities from being exposed to the illness.<\/p>\n
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus that is spread by direct contact with nasal or throat secretions of infected people. People first develop a fever, then may have a cough, runny\u00a0nose\u00a0and watery eyes, followed by appearance of a rash. People are considered\u00a0infectious from four days before to four days after the appearance of the rash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The single best way\u00a0to prevent measles is to be vaccinated.\u00a0These two\u00a0recent\u00a0measles cases\u00a0identified\u00a0in Erie County were not immunized with MMR.\u00a0Individuals should receive two doses of MMR vaccine to be fully protected. If a person is unsure if they are\u00a0immune,\u00a0they should contact their healthcare provider.\u00a0MMR vaccines are readily available from most primary care offices,\u00a0pediatricians\u00a0and pharmacies.<\/p>\n
ECDOH\u00a0is issuing\u00a0another\u00a0health advisory<\/a>\u00a0to health care providers to notify them of the potential exposures. Health care providers should report all suspected cases of measles to the ECDOH epidemiology and disease surveillance program at 716-858-7697.<\/p>\nGeneral information regarding measles can be found at:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, Jun 10th 2026 11:00 pm Initial case investigation does not show a link between this case &…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-216562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}