{"id":906545,"date":"2026-11-05T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906545\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:10:16","slug":"measles-spreads-to-columbia-county-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906545\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles spreads to Columbia County | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">PORTAGE, Wis. \u2014 Columbia County Public Health confirmed three measles cases Wednesday as Wisconsin&#8217;s statewide tally reached 431, according to the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/immunization\/measles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Department of Health Services tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/news\/union-grove-high-school-superintendent-facing-child-sexual-abuse-material-charges\/article_268f4092-b36c-4c76-b8fc-5d5c578afdeb.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Union Grove High School superintendent facing child sexual abuse material charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Union Grove High School superintendent facing child sexual abuse material charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">County health officials are investigating the cases, identifying people who may have been exposed and notifying them directly. Officials said all confirmed and suspected cases identified so far involve people who were not vaccinated against measles.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">No public exposure sites have been identified, and known exposures have been limited to private gatherings.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The state tracker listed nine hospitalizations and no deaths.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Measles spreads through the air, and the virus can linger for up to two hours after an infected person coughs or sneezes.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">It can cause serious complications, including pneumonia, brain damage and deafness. Young children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to severe illness.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Confirmed cases have also been reported in Iowa, Grant, Lafayette, Rock, Chippewa, Marathon, Vernon, Dane, Waukesha, Buffalo, Richland, Marquette and Jackson counties.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/news\/wisconsin-measles-cases-pass-430\/article_aa3fd7fd-08b8-44c9-8cd6-dd93e60c241a.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Wisconsin measles cases pass 430\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Wisconsin measles cases pass 430<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Symptoms include a runny nose, fever that can exceed 104 degrees Fahrenheit, fatigue, cough and red, watery eyes. A red rash with raised bumps typically begins at the hairline and spreads to the arms and legs three to five days after other symptoms begin. Symptoms generally appear 10 to 12 days after exposure.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as the MMR vaccine, offers the best protection against measles.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Health officials reported 36 measles cases last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bCOPYRIGHT 2026 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTAGE, Wis. \u2014 Columbia County Public Health confirmed three measles cases Wednesday as Wisconsin&#8217;s statewide tally reached 431,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[47164,97,9572,19787],"class_list":["post-906545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-columbia-county","tag-health","tag-measles","tag-mmr-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906545","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=906545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}