{"id":752587,"date":"2026-07-09T13:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752587\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:10:19","slug":"first-measles-case-of-year-confirmed-in-iowa-resident-potential-exposure-locations-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752587\/","title":{"rendered":"First measles case of year confirmed in Iowa resident, potential exposure locations released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) &#8211; The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed the first measles case of 2026 in an Iowa resident, with potential exposure locations also being released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The case was confirmed in a vaccinated adult from central Iowa who was infected during overseas travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This marks the first case reported in Iowa so far this year. Last year there were nine confirmed cases. Nationally, there have been 2,170 confirmed cases in the U.S. so far this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To learn more about measles, visit the state <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/disease-information?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/disease-information?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Iowa HHS has released the following locations for possible measles exposure:<\/p>\n<p>Dollar General<br \/>1428 E Ovid Ave, Des Moines, IA 50316Wednesday, July 1st, 2026<br \/>7:30 PM \u2013 9:45 PMFamily Dollar<br \/>1251 University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314Wednesday, July 1st, 2026<br \/>8:00 PM \u2013 10:30 PMMercyOne Des Moines Pediatrics Urgent Care<br \/>330 Laurel St Suite 2100, Des Moines, IA 50314Thursday, July 2nd, 2026<br \/>3:00 PM \u2013 5:30 PMMercyOne Des Moines Imaging (Outpatient Radiology)<br \/>1111 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314Thursday, July 2nd, 2026<br \/>3:45 PM \u2013 6:45 PMIglesia De Dios Pentecostal Church<br \/>3848 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50313Thursday, July 2nd, 2026<br \/>7:30 PM \u2013 11:30 PMCasa De Restauracion<br \/>821 Seneca St, Webster City, IA 50595Friday, July 3rd, 2026<br \/>4:30 PM \u2013 2:00 AMKwik Star<br \/>505 Fair Meadow Dr, Webster City, IA 50595Friday, July 3rd, 2026<br \/>7:30 PM \u2013 9:30 PMUnder Armour Factory House<br \/>771 Bass Pro Dr NW Suite 225, Altoona, IA 50009Saturday, July 4th, 2026<br \/>5:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM (noon)Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal Church<br \/>3848 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50313Saturday, July 4th, 2026<br \/>7:30 PM \u2013 11:30 PMIowa Clinic Urgent Care &#8211; West Des Moines<br \/>5950 University Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50266Sunday, July 5th, 2026<br \/>9:30 AM \u2013 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCRG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) &#8211; The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[167724,34091,97,32812,13014,9572,322199],"class_list":["post-752587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-altoona","tag-des-moines","tag-health","tag-health-and-human-services","tag-iowa","tag-measles","tag-webster-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}