{"id":814253,"date":"2026-08-15T07:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814253\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T07:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:40:11","slug":"measles-case-confirmed-in-madison-county-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814253\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles Case Confirmed in Madison County | Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Measles<\/p>\n

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WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — A case of measles has been confirmed in an unvaccinated Madison County resident who is now recovering at home.<\/p>\n

Madison County Public Health, working with the New York State Department of Health and local healthcare providers, made the announcement.<\/p>\n

Public Health staff are identifying and notifying anyone who may have had close contact with the individual during the time they could have spread the virus.<\/p>\n

“Measles is a highly contagious illness that spreads easily from person to person through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. A person with measles can pass the virus to others as early as four days before a rash appears and as late as four days after the rash appears,” according to the health department.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The illness can be prevented with two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which provides the best protection, MCPH added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“People who are not vaccinated or otherwise immune are at greater risk of infection if exposed. Symptoms start between seven to 21 days after a person is exposed to the virus and may include:<\/p>\n

“Fever”Cough”Runny nose”Red, watery eyes”A rash that usually starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body,” according to MCPH.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Click here for more information about measles from Madison County Public Health<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — A case of measles has been confirmed in an unvaccinated Madison County resident who is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,67083,345466,9572,955],"class_list":["post-814253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-madison-county","tag-madison-county-public-health","tag-measles","tag-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814253","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=814253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}