DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014<\/p>\n
Central Iowa health officials have confirmed another case of measles in a child.<\/p>\n
Previous video above: UnityPoint Health urges vaccinations as measles surge spreads nationwide and in Iowa<\/p>\n
According to the Polk County Health Department, a child with measles visited multiple locations in Ankeny and Des Moines. Anyone who may have been present at one of those locations is asked to fill out a survey<\/a> and monitor for symptoms.<\/p>\n The potential exposure locations are listed below, courtesy of the Polk County Health Department:<\/p>\n Thursday, November 5, 2026 <\/p>\n Walmart \u2013 Ankeny | 5-8 p.m.<\/p>\n 1002 National Dr, Ankeny<\/p>\n Friday, November 6, 2026 <\/p>\n Hy-Vee – North Ankeny Blvd | 12-3 p.m.<\/p>\n 410 N. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny<\/p>\n Sunday, November 8, 2026 <\/p>\n UnityPoint Clinic Urgent Care – Ankeny | 10:10 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n 3625 N. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny<\/p>\n UnityPoint Health \u2013 Iowa Methodist Medical Center \/ Blank Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (times listed at specific locations below)<\/p>\n 1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines<\/p>\n Iowa Methodist Medical Center \/ Blank Children’s Hospital Emergency Department waiting room | 11:25 a.m. – 1:35 p.m.<\/p>\n Blank Children\u2019s Hospital Emergency Department | 11:30 a.m. – 5:20 p.m.<\/p>\n Hallway from Blank Children\u2019s Emergency Department to Blank Children\u2019s inpatient elevators | 3:15 – 5:25 p.m.<\/p>\n Blank Children\u2019s Hospital 4th floor | 3:20 – 10:45 p.m.<\/p>\n This content is imported from infogram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n The state had 50 cases of measles confirmed<\/a> as of last week.<\/p>\n \u00bb Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube page<\/a><\/p>\n \u00bb Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple<\/a> | Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 Central Iowa health officials have confirmed another case of measles in a child. Previous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[17862,246842,375565,13097,34091,97,248377,13014,381900,29474,9572,41559,381899,19079,22215,322202,348319,101136],"class_list":["post-914085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-a-m","tag-ankeny","tag-blank-children","tag-child","tag-des-moines","tag-health","tag-hospital-emergency-department","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-methodist-medical-center","tag-measle","tag-measles","tag-new-case","tag-north-ankeny-blvd","tag-november","tag-p-m","tag-polk-county-health-department","tag-potential-exposure-location","tag-unitypoint-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914085","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=914085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}