{"id":911991,"date":"2026-11-10T04:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/911991\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T04:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:18:12","slug":"measles-cases-confirmed-in-orleans-county-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/911991\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles cases confirmed in Orleans County, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michael<\/a>\"SophiaNEWPORT, Vt. \u2014<\/p>\n

The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed a small number of measles cases in Orleans County, according to a release sent out on Monday.<\/p>\n

The department said the health risk to the general public in Vermont is low at this time. An investigation into the cases and response are ongoing. <\/p>\n

North Country Hospital in Newport announced earlier Monday that it will be screening visitors after the Vermont Department of Health reported a small number of connected cases suspected to be measles in Orleans County. <\/p>\n

The names of patients who are positive for measles will not be released to protect patient confidentiality.<\/p>\n

Measles spreads through the air and is highly contagious. According to the Health Department, an infected person can spread it to about 90% of people they encounter who are not immune.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently offering testing, vaccination and health guidance and remain in communication with the people involved,\u201d said Health Commissioner Rick Hildebrant in a prepared statement. \u201cWe will continue to work closely with local hospitals and health care providers to respond to this situation and protect the health of the wider community.\u201d <\/p>\n

About 94% of children in Vermont public and independent schools are fully vaccinated against measles before entering kindergarten. The department says 95% coverage is needed to reach community immunity.<\/p>\n

Vermont has previously had cases of measles, including one case in February and two cases documented in 2025 and 2024, respectively.<\/p>\n

Measles cases have spiked nationwide since 2024 since levels unseen since the country achieved measles elimination status in 2000, the health department said. <\/p>\n

Editor’s note: North Country Hospital clarified that they health department notified them of a potential case of measles in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWPORT, Vt. \u2014 The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed a small number of measles cases in Orleans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[14854,36412,15058,29965,97,29474,9572,381152,46931,132383,23183,381150,31474,381151,13546,27076,31550,14512,132388],"class_list":["post-911991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-area","tag-case","tag-facility","tag-guest","tag-health","tag-measle","tag-measles","tag-measles-screening","tag-more-information","tag-nbc5","tag-newport","tag-north-country-hospital","tag-spokesperson","tag-steve-gonyaw","tag-story","tag-vermont","tag-vermont-department-of-health","tag-way","tag-wptz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911991","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=911991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}