Overview
- UF and the Alachua County health department are investigating two classes after two confirmed county cases, with notifications going to people identified as potentially exposed.
- State data list one case in St. Johns County and four in Duval County, and a UF pediatric infectious-disease specialist in Jacksonville reports a fifth Duval case involving a child.
- The university says most students are immune, recommends the MMR vaccine as 97% effective after two doses, and notes vaccination within 72 hours of exposure can still offer protection.
- Florida kindergarten measles vaccination coverage has declined to about 88.8% from roughly 93% in 2019–2020, according to CDC data.
- Campus-linked spread continues nationally, including at least 12 cases and three hospitalizations at Ave Maria University, as the CDC counts infections this year across at least 17 states.