{"id":282530,"date":"2026-09-09T22:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282530\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:36:14","slug":"pennsylvanias-measles-outbreak-grows-to-624-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282530\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania&#8217;s measles outbreak grows to 624 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s measles outbreak continues to grow, with health officials reporting an additional 91 new cases in the past seven days.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788993374_55_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 9, 2026 9:45PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow 6abc on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Pennsylvania&#8217;s measles outbreak continues to grow, with health officials reporting an additional 91 new cases in the past seven days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbigov.us\/view?r=eyJrIjoiOGVkYzBiYjYtYTBhNy00MjVjLWFjZGQtM2Y3NDc4NmYxYzBiIiwidCI6IjQxOGUyODQxLTAxMjgtNGRkNS05YjZjLTQ3ZmM1YTlhMWJkZSJ9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to the health department<\/a>, a total of 624 measles cases have been reported statewide across 37 counties as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The outbreak has resulted in 109 hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Health officials also reported an increase in vaccination efforts. Doctors administered 46,000 vaccinations in August, while an additional 6,200 vaccinations were given at state-run pop-up clinics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The latest figures come as health officials continue to monitor the outbreak and vaccination efforts across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">For more information about the measles vaccine, visit this page at <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/health\/diseases-conditions\/infectious-disease\/measles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PA.gov<\/a>.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania&#8217;s measles outbreak continues to grow, with health officials reporting an additional 91 new cases in the past&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117941,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-282530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-117941","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282530","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=282530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}