New Measles Cases Reported in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York

New measles cases have been detected and confirmed in California, Pennsylvania, and New York. CIDRAP has the news.

A Los Angeles County resident traveled “through Los Angeles International Airport while infectious with measles virus.” The person later visited a nail salon and a grocery store while infectious. Exposed people should “confirm vaccination against measles, authorities said.” The last case of measles reported in a Los Angeles County resident prior to this was in February 2024.

In Philadelphia, the measles patient “is not connected to a case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, or to outbreaks in west Texas, Oklahoma, or New Mexico. Instead, the patient was likely exposed during international travel.” Meanwhile, the new case in New York is in a child under five years old in Suffolk County. Authorities said “there is no connection to ongoing outbreaks in the most recent case, and they urged New York residents to check their MMR immunization status.”

In Europe, a total of 32,265 people were diagnosed as having measles between February 2024 and January 2025, “a sharp jump from the 2,361 cases reported in 2023.” The numbers are driven by a whopping 27,568 cases reported in Romania over that period; 18 people in the country died of causes attributed to measles, and 45.1% of the total cases were in children under five years old. 82.7% of the patients aged one to four years old were unvaccinated.