{"id":778994,"date":"2026-07-23T01:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778994\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:57:08","slug":"health-officials-investigating-clark-county-child-measles-case-identify-exposure-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778994\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials investigating Clark County child measles case, identify exposure site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) &#8211; Officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Clark County child that was reported Wednesday, according to Clark County Public Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The health department says while it\u2019s unknown when and where the child was exposed to measles, the child tested positive at a healthcare facility in Vancouver while they were contagious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Anyone who visited the Vancouver Clinic at 2525 NE 139th St. on July 17 between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. is asked to contact their contact their healthcare provider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Vancouver Clinic says they are working with the Clark County Public Health to reach out to patients and staff who may have been exposed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The clinic asks any patients who are experiencing measles symptoms to call them in advance at 360-882-2778 before visiting a clinic. Common measles symptoms include: runny nose, cough, red irritated eyes, rash, and fever. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">More information about measles investigations in Clark County can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/clark.wa.gov\/public-health\/measles-investigation\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/clark.wa.gov\/public-health\/measles-investigation\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KPTV-KPDX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) &#8211; Officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Clark County child&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-778994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778994","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=778994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}