{"id":872381,"date":"2026-10-06T04:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872381\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T04:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:26:12","slug":"lewis-county-all-11-measles-cases-are-in-one-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872381\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis County: All 11 measles cases are in one town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) &#8211; All 11 confirmed measles cases in Lewis County are in one town, according to the county\u2019s public health department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAll of the cases that we know about are in the town of Lowville right now,\u201d said Ashley Waite, Lewis County public health director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Waite said there are both children and adults affected, some of whom are related to each other. All are unvaccinated, and none of the children attend public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Health director responds to Hochul\u2019s order<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwnytv.com\/2026\/10\/05\/hochul-declares-emergency-over-measles-outbreak\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wwnytv.com\/2026\/10\/05\/hochul-declares-emergency-over-measles-outbreak\/\">declared a state disaster emergency<\/a> over the growing number of measles cases across rural areas of New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Waite said the declaration will help slow the spread, as it will help health officials identify cases faster and provide more vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen the governor declares a state of emergency, it\u2019s opening up more resources for both the state health departments and the local health departments,\u201d Waite said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to state data, there are no confirmed cases in Jefferson or St. Lawrence counties.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccination information<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Health officials say the best way to prevent getting measles is to be vaccinated, which is 97% effective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The CDC recommends everyone get two doses of the measles vaccine, first as a baby, and a second dose around the age of 4. Waite said if a child or adult is older than 4 and still needs the vaccine, it will still be effective to get it now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIf somebody knows they\u2019re not vaccinated, or wondering if they\u2019re not vaccinated, they can reach out to their primary care provider. They can also reach out to us here at Lewis County Public Health and we can try to track down their immunization records, or we can offer the vaccine for them,\u201d Waite said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She said as long as someone is vaccinated, they should not worry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere\u2019s little risk to the general public. The majority of our population is vaccinated,\u201d Waite said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWNY. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) &#8211; All 11 confirmed measles cases in Lewis County are in one town, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97,92346,367622,9572],"class_list":["post-872381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-lewis-county","tag-lowville","tag-measles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872381","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=872381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}