{"id":283160,"date":"2026-09-10T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283160\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:56:23","slug":"data-shows-30-new-cases-of-measles-reported-in-pennsylvania-since-sept-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283160\/","title":{"rendered":"Data shows 30 new cases of measles reported in Pennsylvania since Sept. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 There have been 30 new confirmed measles cases in Pennsylvania since its <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pennsylvania-measles-cases-soar-to-nearly-600-confirmed-cases-across-37-counties-data-pa-pennsylvania-us-vaccine-mmr-controversy-outbreak-shapiro-rfk-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last update on Sept. 8<\/a>, according to data shared by the Department of Health (DOH).<\/p>\n<p>The number of measles cases reported has grown to 624 since the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/health\/newsroom\/pa-department-of-health-provides-statewide-update-on-measles-out1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 outbreak<\/a>, the DOH confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pennsylvania-measles-cases-soar-to-nearly-600-confirmed-cases-across-37-counties-data-pa-pennsylvania-us-vaccine-mmr-controversy-outbreak-shapiro-rfk-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania measles cases soar to nearly 600 confirmed cases across 37 counties: data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data shows that 109 people have been hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of August, the CDC had reported more than 2,900 cases across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>With the continuing surge of cases, the DOH continues to emphasize the importance of vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>State officials have given more than 4,100 MMR vaccine doses at roughly 120 pop-up vaccination clinics in affected communities since the outbreak started in April, the DOH said.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare providers have reported a surge of interest from residents seeking MMR vaccinations. In a typical month, at least 25,000 doses are administered, but in August 2026, the DOH said more than 46,000 were distributed across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>The MMR vaccine offers a protection level of 97%, according to the DOH.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvanians can stay up to date on confirmed measles cases, hospitalizations, deaths, community transmission, and vaccination efforts on DOH\u2019s dashboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 There have been 30 new confirmed measles cases in Pennsylvania since its last update on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-283160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283160","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=283160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}