{"id":292613,"date":"2026-09-23T23:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T23:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292613\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T23:46:13","slug":"pennsylvania-measles-cases-surpass-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292613\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania: Measles cases surpass 800"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania state health officials report as of September 23, the total of 835 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 counties in Pennsylvania so far in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!jC1o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09b364ae-3464-424b-8dbb-2ba323632ead_1408x768.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/09b364ae-3464-424b-8dbb-2ba323632ead_1408.jpeg\" width=\"1408\" height=\"768\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/09b364ae-3464-424b-8dbb-2ba323632ead_1408x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:768,&quot;width&quot;:1408,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:194197,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/i\/217150755?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09b364ae-3464-424b-8dbb-2ba323632ead_1408x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Key updates include:<\/p>\n<p>New Positive Cases (since September 21, 2026): 43<\/p>\n<p>Total Counties: 39<\/p>\n<p>Total Cumulative Cases: 835<\/p>\n<p>Total Hospitalizations: 164<\/p>\n<p>Total Confirmed Measles-Associated Deaths: 4<\/p>\n<p>Measles cases among vaccinated individuals: 4 (less than 1% of cases)<\/p>\n<p>Counties reporting the most cases include Lancaster (342), or 41 percent of the total, Mifflin (94) and Chester (78).<\/p>\n<p>The 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. People who have two documented doses of MMR do not need another. Adults who have only one dose, or who cannot find their vaccination records, should talk with a health care provider or pharmacist about getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Residents interested in getting vaccinated should contact their trusted health care provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania state health officials report as of September 23, the total of 835 measles cases have been confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-292613","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\/292613","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=292613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}