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Five Measles Cases Confirmed in Kentucky as National Outbreak Surges

Kentucky health officials traced recent infections to a pool facility in Nicholasville, revealing that just 86.9 percent of kindergarteners are fully vaccinated against measles.

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Measles has reached Bexar County in the first confirmed case here since the beginning of the West Texas outbreak.
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Overview

  • Four cases are linked across Woodford and Fayette counties while a fifth in Todd County appears unrelated to the cluster.
  • Public health investigators identified the Riney B. Aquatic Center in Nicholasville as a likely exposure site on June 20.
  • None of the four linked patients had received the MMR vaccine, reflecting below-average immunization rates in central Kentucky.
  • More than 1,200 measles cases have been reported nationwide this year, marking the largest outbreak since elimination in 2000.
  • Texas remains the outbreak epicenter with 753 cases since January, including one new case each in Bexar, El Paso, and Gaines counties and nearly 100 hospitalizations reported to date.