{"id":292585,"date":"2026-09-23T22:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292585\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:58:07","slug":"835-measles-cases-confirmed-across-39-pa-counties-department-of-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292585\/","title":{"rendered":"835 measles cases confirmed across 39 PA counties: Department of Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that 835 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 counties throughout Pennsylvania in 2026.<\/p>\n

As of Sept. 18, the CDC has confirmed one measles death in 2026, but it is unknown whether that case is from Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

Through the first three weeks of September, more than 38,000 MMR vaccine doses have been administered across Pennsylvania. In a typical month, health care providers administer around 25,000 doses of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Since Sept. 21, there have been 43 confirmed positive cases of measles and 164 people hospitalized across 39 counties in Pennsylvania. The total of confirmed measles-associated deaths still stands at 4. <\/p>\n

Health care providers have seen a surge of residents interested in seeking MMR vaccinations, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Health said, \u201cThe best protection against measles remains getting fully vaccinated. The MMR vaccine, administered over two doses, boosts a person\u2019s immune system and provides 97% lifetime protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dozens of vaccination clinics are scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months based on community need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that 835 measles cases have been confirmed across 39…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-292585","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\/292585","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=292585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}