{"id":283668,"date":"2026-05-08T01:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283668\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:04:06","slug":"austin-reports-first-measles-case-since-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283668\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin reports first measles case since last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unvaccinated adult male has tested positive for measles in Travis County, Austin Public Health said Thursday. The patient was exposed to the virus while traveling internationally, health authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>APH said the patient visited the St. David\u2019s Emergency Center off Anderson Mill Road on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. while he was infectious. People who potentially interacted with the patient are being contacted.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first reported case of measles in Travis County since 2025, APH said.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that can lead to serious complications and death, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/clinical-overview\/index.html\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. If one person is infected, up to nine out of 10 people nearby will become infected if they are not protected, APH said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasles has returned to our community, posing a serious threat to anyone who is unvaccinated, especially young children, pregnant women and anyone who is immunocompromised,\u201d Austin-Travis County Health Authority Desmar Walkes said in a statement. \u201cIf you haven\u2019t gotten vaccinated already, now is the time. Measles is more than just a rash; it can put you in the hospital and can even be deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you believe you have been exposed to the virus, APH is encouraging the public to contact your healthcare provider and isolate at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unvaccinated adult male has tested positive for measles in Travis County, Austin Public Health said Thursday. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[104376,132,134,133,104377,13808,7288,104378,104379,69560,104380],"class_list":["post-283668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-ausitn","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-covid-vaccines","tag-cvs","tag-measles","tag-measles-austin","tag-unvaccinated-people-in-travis-county","tag-walgreens","tag-where-can-i-get-a-measles-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}