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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara\">Santa Clara\u003c/a> County resident with an active measles infection may have exposed others while visiting a Burlingame restaurant this week, Santa Clara County public health officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Public Health Department said in \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/measles\">a statement on Friday\u003c/a> that the adult measles patient had “recently returned from international travel,” and that their case was reported to the county late Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said the possible exposures may have occurred at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Panda+Express/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf0dbe274f0920e84?sa=X&ved=1t:2428&ictx=111\">Panda Express,\u003c/a> located at 1453 Burlingame Ave., in San Mateo County, on \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/measles\">either Monday or Tuesday\u003c/a> between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fast food restaurant is located in Burlingame’s Fox Mall Shopping Center, off El Camino Real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#Howcanvaccinatedpeoplegetmeasles\">How can vaccinated people get measles?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The measles patient “visited private work and healthcare locations” in addition to dining at the Panda Express location, according to a statement from the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074921\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/MeaslesGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1362\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/MeaslesGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/MeaslesGetty-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/MeaslesGetty-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy on Jan. 26, 2015, in Mill Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Photo illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara public health officials said they are working with neighboring San Mateo and the California Department of Public Health “to identify and contact all individuals who may have been exposed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The infected person was previously vaccinated against measles (more on this below), and “is now isolating at home,” according to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do if I think I was exposed to measles?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, members of the public who “may have been exposed at the following location and times should stay home and contact their health provider immediately before seeking care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the symptoms of measles?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed a few days later by a rash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These symptoms can emerge between \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/\">seven and 21 days\u003c/a> after exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC has \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/index.html\">a timeline \u003c/a>of how measles symptoms appear on the body and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/photos.html\">how to recognize\u003c/a> a measles rash.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howcanvaccinatedpeoplegetmeasles\">\u003c/a>How can a vaccinated person get measles?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, and vaccination against measles has for decades been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">CDC said\u003c/a> two doses of the measles vaccine are “about 97% effective” at preventing measles if you’re exposed, and one dose is “about 93% effective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">92% of 2026 measles cases \u003c/a>nationwide have occurred in people who either aren’t vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, and 4% of patients report only having one MMR shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the CDC’s 2026 data also show that 4% of measles cases are in people who’ve had both MMR doses — as is the case with the Santa Clara patient reported Friday.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>So-called breakthrough cases in vaccinated measles patients are not unprecedented, according to Dr. Sarah Rudman, Santa Clara County’s health officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rudman said that when “there’s this much measles spreading around, both around the country and internationally,” vaccinated people can still be infected, although it’s less common. Rudman clarified that the majority of cases still occur in unvaccinated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rudman also echoed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster\">the CDC’s guidance\u003c/a> that measles cases in vaccinated people tend to be less severe than in unvaccinated people. People with two MMR vaccine doses are likely to only be “moderately sick,” she said, and recovering “faster and are less infectious, which means the disease spreads less.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s one more reason why it’s so important for the community to have high rates of immunity against measles by being up to date on vaccination,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you have two vaccine doses but are now worried about being infected with measles? Rudman said that for most people who have a record of their vaccination or a childhood case of measles, “it’s not necessary to go \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073722/2026-measles-cases-mmr-vaccine-how-to-get-titer-test-immunity-antibodies-extra-dose\">check your measles immunity status\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Rudman said, for those who are vulnerable due to their medical history, an upcoming travel plan or medical treatment, “it might make sense to talk to your doctor and check your immune status.” She said this can be done by verifying vaccination records or by a blood test for proof of immunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Read more about how \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073722/2026-measles-cases-mmr-vaccine-how-to-get-titer-test-immunity-antibodies-extra-dose\">\u003cstrong>titer tests can assess your immunity\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> against measles, and how to ask your provider about getting one.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s going on with measles in 2026?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara case marks the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">22nd\u003c/a> measles case in California in 2026, with the county’s first confirmed measles case in a resident since May 2025. It’s believed to be the Bay Area’s fourth measles case in 2026, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster\">previous cases reported by San Mateo and Napa counties.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">data\u003c/a>, 1,136 cases of the highly contagious disease have already been reported around the United States this year — with the majority of cases fueled by an outbreak in South Carolina. Last year saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a total of 2,144 confirmed cases,\u003c/a> in contrast to just 285 cases in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/vrancano\">\u003cem>Vanessa Rancaño \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/measles\">Measles\u003c/a> cases have soared nationwide in the first two months of 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">data\u003c/a>, 982 cases of the highly contagious disease have already been reported around the United States this year — with around 70% of cases fueled by an outbreak in South Carolina. Last year saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a total of 2,144 confirmed cases,\u003c/a> in contrast to just 285 cases in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has not escaped either, and the state’s first three measles cases in 2026 were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster#booster\"> all in Bay Area residents\u003c/a>. But in the past weeks, more cases have been reported in Southern California and Shasta County, totaling \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">21 cases statewide\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and vaccination against measles has been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a> for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most Americans who went to school in America will have both MMR vaccines completed, and then should be protected against the measles,” Napa public health officer Dr. Christine Wu told KQED in January after the county reported its first measles case since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A way to test for measles immunity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, 94% of 2026 measles cases nationwide are in people who either aren’t vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But given that measles can be fatal to some people — and serious impacts from an infection can appear\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk\"> years later \u003c/a>— even those who’ve had their MMR vaccine may be concerned about how protected they still are against the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole, Texas, on April 9. The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed hundreds of measles cases. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A simple blood test — known as a “titer test” — is a way medical professionals can see how much immunity a person still has against a disease like measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now people are worried, they’re getting tested,” said Dr. Abraar Karan, an infectious disease expert at Stanford University School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to Karan about how the titer test works, how to get one, the risk of measles to vaccinated people and how immunity can change over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a titer test?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/antibody-titer-blood-test\"> “titer”\u003c/a> means the antibody level in the blood, and a titer test is a simple blood test “to see if your body can mount an immune response — or does mount an immune response — to the pathogen in question,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These antibodies being present “basically tell you if you’ve either been exposed by infection or by vaccination to the pathogens at hand,” Karan said. So when it comes to measles, a titer test that shows low or negative antibodies can therefore indicate you might be at greater risk of infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To receive this blood test, Karan recommends you first chat with your regular health care provider, who can order it. The test is given just like other kinds of lab work you might receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hold on — I’m vaccinated, so how could my immunity to measles go down?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., measles was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_6-history-of-measles-cases\">officially eliminated\u003c/a> — meaning that new cases stem only from international travel and not continuing circulation — in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This lack of measles circulating means you’re not continuously reexposed to the virus, Karan said: So even if you get the “quite durable immunity” of the MMR vaccine, without that exposure over time, a person’s immune response and their antibodies “can wane.”[aside postID=science_1996377 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/05/41314-thumb.jpg']If this is the case, why haven’t providers recommended that \u003cem>everybody \u003c/em>take a titer test in the last few decades?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because even if the antibody immunity that a vaccine offers starts to wane, that doesn’t actually mean you have \u003cem>no \u003c/em>protection from measles, stressed Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because a person’s immune system “is more than just antibodies,” he said. “You also have T cells, other components of your immune system, that are there to fight off the virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So even if a titer test shows negative antibodies for measles, “It could actually still be that you’re protected through other mechanisms of your immune system, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-a-cell-remember/\">your cellular memory.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, now that measles is circulating once again in the U.S., waning immunity unfortunately presents an issue. And increased measles circulation also poses a particular infection risk to immunocompromised people, those who don’t know their MMR status and babies who haven’t been able to get their two shots yet, stressed Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does my risk of waning immunity increase with age?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, Karan said — an older person has a higher chance of lower titers, compared to someone whose MMR vaccine was more recent. While the length of time since you got your shots can play a factor, your immune system can also potentially weaken over time, Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An additional risk factor for older people is their birth year. Given how prevalent measles was in the U.S. before widespread vaccination, people born before 1957 aren’t routinely offered the MMR vaccine because they’re presumed to already have\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/hcp/recommendations.html#immunity\"> immunity from measles \u003c/a>from a previous infection. The flipside of this: someone who’s 69 or older might not have actually \u003cem>had \u003c/em>measles back then, so they’re lacking both infection-based immunity and the vaccine itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster#booster\">people born between 1957 and 1969\u003c/a> may not have received two full MMR doses and should talk to their health care provider about possibly getting another vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If my blood test shows my measles immunity has waned, what then?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most likely outcome of a titer test that shows low immunity to measles is that your provider will recommend you get another dose of the MMR vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting another dose of the MMR vaccine is safe even if you \u003cem>do \u003c/em>have remaining immunity. “There is no harm in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html\">getting another dose \u003c/a>of MMR vaccine if you may already be immune to measles (or mumps or rubella),” according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, “some providers may just give you another dose without doing the [titer] test,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2242752228-scaled-e1769196948121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Karan noted that the titer test isn’t the only way to measure immunity, but it’s unlikely that a provider would suggest you undergo \u003cem>another \u003c/em>test after getting your titers checked — and would most likely just recommend an additional MMR dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people are not going to be able to order tests that are going to look at other kinds of immune response to measles besides just this antibody test,” he said. “So what they’ll do is they’ll just give you a dose of the vaccine. There’s no health risks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One situation in which a provider might \u003cem>not \u003c/em>recommend an extra MMR dose: “If you’re immunocompromised to a significant degree, this might be something to discuss with your provider,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are scenarios when you don’t give people a live virus vaccine,” he said. “So that’s going to be an individual decision — and this is why the conversation has to be had with your provider before you go and do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does insurance cover a titer test?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As with all things related to health insurance in the United States, there’s no clear answer to this question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing’s for sure: It’ll help if your provider can show the test is medically necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it would depend on your individual insurance, “I think the case could be made that if somebody was in a high measles area — an area that has a measles outbreak, for instance — typical public health guidance is that if you’re in an outbreak zone, either you just get another dose of MMR or you get tested,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the groups Karan said are frequently offered titer tests by providers: health care workers who’ll be treating measles patients, older and immunocompromised people and those who will be traveling to areas with measles outbreaks. “So in that sense, I would suspect that you can make the argument … that if it wasn’t covered, that it should be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If in doubt, check with your insurer before getting the test to make sure it’ll be covered — to avoid getting stung with an unexpected bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Isn’t the MMR vaccine supposed to prevent measles infections altogether?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six years of living with COVID-19 have taught us that being vaccinated against a virus doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get infected with that virus. The COVID-19 vaccine, for example, does \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/5-things-you-should-know.html\">somewhat reduce \u003c/a>your chances of being infected, but it also means you’re much less likely to get severely ill if you do get infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the measles vaccine \u003cem>is \u003c/em>incredibly effective at protecting against infections, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\"> CDC said\u003c/a>, and two doses of measles vaccine are “about 97% effective” at preventing measles if you’re exposed. (One dose is “about 93% effective.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11637594 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/cdc2-56d6541a1f7f207304cbeeb9e43447a980db708a-e1513449017120.jpg\" alt=\"A report from the Washington Post said the health agency was issued a list of prohibited words from the Trump administration.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the measles vaccine is highly effective — two doses are about 97% effective at preventing measles after exposure, while one dose is about 93% effective. \u003ccite>(Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These percentages mean that “about three out of 100” people vaccinated against measles \u003cem>will \u003c/em>still get measles after exposure, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">the CDC\u003c/a>. Karan noted that health officials are already seeing this in the South Carolina outbreak: “It’s a minority, but there are still a double-digit number of cases that were fully vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC said that experts “aren’t sure why” breakthrough cases happen, but they suspect this could be due to the responsiveness of an individual’s immune system to the vaccine. It’s also possible that these vaccinated people are getting “a much higher dose of virus when they were exposed,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So what happens when a vaccinated person gets measles?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regardless of why it happens, there’s at least some good news about these rare cases: “Fully vaccinated people who get measles seem more likely to have a milder illness,” the CDC said — and fully vaccinated people “seem also less likely to spread the disease to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In practice, this means that if you were vaccinated and were infected with measles, theoretically, “you would either not show symptoms at all, or you may have very mild symptoms,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would not expect someone to have a full-blown measles infection the way someone that’s not vaccinated — or who doesn’t have — immunity would have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>All this is making me paranoid about if I even got my MMR shots. How can I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no national organization that maintains Americans’\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> vaccination records\u003c/a>. Ways that the CDC suggests to track down your own records include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ask your parents or caregivers for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-children/records/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/records/keeping-track.html\">records \u003c/a>of your childhood immunizations (or look in saved documents from your childhood, like baby books).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Consult a state immunization registry like the California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Digital Vaccine Record \u003c/a>portal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask your doctor or public health clinic, but remember that these records may only be stored for a limited time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The CDC\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> has a guide \u003c/a>to tracking down your vaccination records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/measles\">Measles\u003c/a> cases have soared nationwide in the first two months of 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">data\u003c/a>, 982 cases of the highly contagious disease have already been reported around the United States this year — with around 70% of cases fueled by an outbreak in South Carolina. Last year saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a total of 2,144 confirmed cases,\u003c/a> in contrast to just 285 cases in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has not escaped either, and the state’s first three measles cases in 2026 were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster#booster\"> all in Bay Area residents\u003c/a>. But in the past weeks, more cases have been reported in Southern California and Shasta County, totaling \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">21 cases statewide\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and vaccination against measles has been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a> for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most Americans who went to school in America will have both MMR vaccines completed, and then should be protected against the measles,” Napa public health officer Dr. Christine Wu told KQED in January after the county reported its first measles case since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A way to test for measles immunity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, 94% of 2026 measles cases nationwide are in people who either aren’t vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But given that measles can be fatal to some people — and serious impacts from an infection can appear\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk\"> years later \u003c/a>— even those who’ve had their MMR vaccine may be concerned about how protected they still are against the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole, Texas, on April 9. The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed hundreds of measles cases. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A simple blood test — known as a “titer test” — is a way medical professionals can see how much immunity a person still has against a disease like measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now people are worried, they’re getting tested,” said Dr. Abraar Karan, an infectious disease expert at Stanford University School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to Karan about how the titer test works, how to get one, the risk of measles to vaccinated people and how immunity can change over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a titer test?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/antibody-titer-blood-test\"> “titer”\u003c/a> means the antibody level in the blood, and a titer test is a simple blood test “to see if your body can mount an immune response — or does mount an immune response — to the pathogen in question,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These antibodies being present “basically tell you if you’ve either been exposed by infection or by vaccination to the pathogens at hand,” Karan said. So when it comes to measles, a titer test that shows low or negative antibodies can therefore indicate you might be at greater risk of infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To receive this blood test, Karan recommends you first chat with your regular health care provider, who can order it. The test is given just like other kinds of lab work you might receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hold on — I’m vaccinated, so how could my immunity to measles go down?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., measles was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_6-history-of-measles-cases\">officially eliminated\u003c/a> — meaning that new cases stem only from international travel and not continuing circulation — in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This lack of measles circulating means you’re not continuously reexposed to the virus, Karan said: So even if you get the “quite durable immunity” of the MMR vaccine, without that exposure over time, a person’s immune response and their antibodies “can wane.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If this is the case, why haven’t providers recommended that \u003cem>everybody \u003c/em>take a titer test in the last few decades?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because even if the antibody immunity that a vaccine offers starts to wane, that doesn’t actually mean you have \u003cem>no \u003c/em>protection from measles, stressed Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because a person’s immune system “is more than just antibodies,” he said. “You also have T cells, other components of your immune system, that are there to fight off the virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So even if a titer test shows negative antibodies for measles, “It could actually still be that you’re protected through other mechanisms of your immune system, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-a-cell-remember/\">your cellular memory.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, now that measles is circulating once again in the U.S., waning immunity unfortunately presents an issue. And increased measles circulation also poses a particular infection risk to immunocompromised people, those who don’t know their MMR status and babies who haven’t been able to get their two shots yet, stressed Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does my risk of waning immunity increase with age?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, Karan said — an older person has a higher chance of lower titers, compared to someone whose MMR vaccine was more recent. While the length of time since you got your shots can play a factor, your immune system can also potentially weaken over time, Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An additional risk factor for older people is their birth year. Given how prevalent measles was in the U.S. before widespread vaccination, people born before 1957 aren’t routinely offered the MMR vaccine because they’re presumed to already have\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/hcp/recommendations.html#immunity\"> immunity from measles \u003c/a>from a previous infection. The flipside of this: someone who’s 69 or older might not have actually \u003cem>had \u003c/em>measles back then, so they’re lacking both infection-based immunity and the vaccine itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070907/measles-san-francisco-bay-area-2026-is-there-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-booster#booster\">people born between 1957 and 1969\u003c/a> may not have received two full MMR doses and should talk to their health care provider about possibly getting another vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If my blood test shows my measles immunity has waned, what then?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most likely outcome of a titer test that shows low immunity to measles is that your provider will recommend you get another dose of the MMR vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting another dose of the MMR vaccine is safe even if you \u003cem>do \u003c/em>have remaining immunity. “There is no harm in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html\">getting another dose \u003c/a>of MMR vaccine if you may already be immune to measles (or mumps or rubella),” according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, “some providers may just give you another dose without doing the [titer] test,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2242752228-scaled-e1769196948121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Karan noted that the titer test isn’t the only way to measure immunity, but it’s unlikely that a provider would suggest you undergo \u003cem>another \u003c/em>test after getting your titers checked — and would most likely just recommend an additional MMR dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people are not going to be able to order tests that are going to look at other kinds of immune response to measles besides just this antibody test,” he said. “So what they’ll do is they’ll just give you a dose of the vaccine. There’s no health risks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One situation in which a provider might \u003cem>not \u003c/em>recommend an extra MMR dose: “If you’re immunocompromised to a significant degree, this might be something to discuss with your provider,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are scenarios when you don’t give people a live virus vaccine,” he said. “So that’s going to be an individual decision — and this is why the conversation has to be had with your provider before you go and do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does insurance cover a titer test?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As with all things related to health insurance in the United States, there’s no clear answer to this question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing’s for sure: It’ll help if your provider can show the test is medically necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it would depend on your individual insurance, “I think the case could be made that if somebody was in a high measles area — an area that has a measles outbreak, for instance — typical public health guidance is that if you’re in an outbreak zone, either you just get another dose of MMR or you get tested,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the groups Karan said are frequently offered titer tests by providers: health care workers who’ll be treating measles patients, older and immunocompromised people and those who will be traveling to areas with measles outbreaks. “So in that sense, I would suspect that you can make the argument … that if it wasn’t covered, that it should be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If in doubt, check with your insurer before getting the test to make sure it’ll be covered — to avoid getting stung with an unexpected bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Isn’t the MMR vaccine supposed to prevent measles infections altogether?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six years of living with COVID-19 have taught us that being vaccinated against a virus doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get infected with that virus. The COVID-19 vaccine, for example, does \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/5-things-you-should-know.html\">somewhat reduce \u003c/a>your chances of being infected, but it also means you’re much less likely to get severely ill if you do get infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the measles vaccine \u003cem>is \u003c/em>incredibly effective at protecting against infections, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\"> CDC said\u003c/a>, and two doses of measles vaccine are “about 97% effective” at preventing measles if you’re exposed. (One dose is “about 93% effective.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11637594 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/cdc2-56d6541a1f7f207304cbeeb9e43447a980db708a-e1513449017120.jpg\" alt=\"A report from the Washington Post said the health agency was issued a list of prohibited words from the Trump administration.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the measles vaccine is highly effective — two doses are about 97% effective at preventing measles after exposure, while one dose is about 93% effective. \u003ccite>(Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These percentages mean that “about three out of 100” people vaccinated against measles \u003cem>will \u003c/em>still get measles after exposure, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">the CDC\u003c/a>. Karan noted that health officials are already seeing this in the South Carolina outbreak: “It’s a minority, but there are still a double-digit number of cases that were fully vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC said that experts “aren’t sure why” breakthrough cases happen, but they suspect this could be due to the responsiveness of an individual’s immune system to the vaccine. It’s also possible that these vaccinated people are getting “a much higher dose of virus when they were exposed,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So what happens when a vaccinated person gets measles?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regardless of why it happens, there’s at least some good news about these rare cases: “Fully vaccinated people who get measles seem more likely to have a milder illness,” the CDC said — and fully vaccinated people “seem also less likely to spread the disease to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In practice, this means that if you were vaccinated and were infected with measles, theoretically, “you would either not show symptoms at all, or you may have very mild symptoms,” Karan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would not expect someone to have a full-blown measles infection the way someone that’s not vaccinated — or who doesn’t have — immunity would have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>All this is making me paranoid about if I even got my MMR shots. How can I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no national organization that maintains Americans’\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> vaccination records\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, February 10, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As federal immigration enforcement efforts continue across California, families of detainees are struggling with a new problem. \u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ice-immigrants-hospitals-detainees-patients-rights-family-blackout-policies-california/\">Many can’t find loved ones\u003c/a> who’ve been hospitalized after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072927/after-us-judge-blocks-californias-ice-mask-ban-scott-wiener-says-he-will-make-it-enforceable\">blocked a California state law\u003c/a> barring federal officers from wearing masks on Monday. But the ruling also handed the state a partial victory.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public health officials are urging Californians to get vaccinated for measles, as cases have risen in multiple counties.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title\">\u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ice-immigrants-hospitals-detainees-patients-rights-family-blackout-policies-california/\">\u003cstrong>Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he told Romero, and agents were in the room, listening to the call. He was scared he would die and wanted his wife there. “What hospital are you at?” Romero asked. “I can’t tell you,” he replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Viridiana Chabolla, Peña’s attorney, couldn’t get an answer to that question, either. Peña’s deportation officer and the medical contractor at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center refused to tell her. Exasperated, she tried calling a nearby hospital, Providence St. Mary Medical Center. “They said even if they had a person in ICE custody under their care, they wouldn’t be able to confirm whether he’s there or not, that only ICE can give me the information,” Chabolla said. The hospital confirmed this policy to KFF Health News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Family members and attorneys for patients hospitalized after being detained by federal immigration officials said they are facing extreme difficulty trying to locate patients, get information about their well-being, and provide them emotional and legal support. They say many hospitals refuse to provide information or allow contact with these patients. Instead, hospitals allow immigration officers to call the shots on how much — if any — contact is allowed, which can deprive patients of their constitutional right to seek legal advice and leave them vulnerable to abuse, attorneys said. Hospitals say they are trying to protect the safety and privacy of patients, staff, and law enforcement officials, even while hospital employees in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/boyle-heights-hospital-ice-agents-patient-care-privacy-rights\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://sahanjournal.com/health/ice-agents-hospitals-hennepin-county-medical-center/\">Minneapolis\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12/12/48187215/legacy-staff-and-nurses-union-say-hospital-policies-harm-immigrants\">Portland, Ore.\u003c/a>, cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement has conducted immigration raids, say it’s made their jobs difficult. Hospitals have used what are sometimes called blackout procedures, which can include registering a patient under a pseudonym, removing their name from the hospital directory, or prohibiting staff from even confirming that a patient is in the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Democratic-led states, \u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/california-ice-immigrant-protections-hospitals-clinics-agents/\">including California, Colorado, and Maryland\u003c/a>, have enacted legislation that seeks to protect patients from immigration enforcement in hospitals. However, those policies do not address protections for people already in ICE custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention-standards/2025/nds2025.pdf\">ICE’s guidelines\u003c/a>, people in custody should be given access to a telephone, visits from family and friends, and private consultation with legal counsel. The agency can make administrative decisions, including about visitation, when a patient is in the hospital, but should defer to hospital policies on contacting next of kin when a patient is seriously ill, the guidelines state. Asked in detail about hospital practices related to patients in immigration custody and whether there are best practices that hospitals should follow, Ben Teicher, a spokesperson for the American Hospital Association, declined to comment. David Simon, a spokesperson for the California Hospital Association, said that “there are times when hospitals will — at the request of law enforcement — maintain confidentiality of patients’ names and other identifying characteristics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072927/after-us-judge-blocks-californias-ice-mask-ban-scott-wiener-says-he-will-make-it-enforceable\">\u003cstrong>After US Judge Blocks California’s ICE Mask Ban, Scott Wiener Says He Will Make It Enforceable\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A federal court blocked enforcement of a California\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058936/masking-bill-fuels-california-legal-battle-over-federal-immigration-agents\"> law barring federal and local officers\u003c/a> from wearing masks, while finding that the state’s ban is not inherently unconstitutional — a ruling the law’s Democratic author framed as a win. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.995805/gov.uscourts.cacd.995805.63.0_29.pdf\">ruled\u003c/a> in her preliminary injunction that by excluding California law enforcement agents from its ban on masking, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627\">SB 627\u003c/a> likely violates a federal doctrine that prohibits state laws from discriminating against the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, state Sen. Scott Wiener — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044570/california-bill-would-prohibit-ice-officers-from-wearing-masks-in-the-state\">who wrote the original bill \u003c/a>— immediately announced new legislation to add state law enforcement officers to the masking ban. Wiener removed state officers from SB 627 at the request of Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, but said he believes the politics have changed as public backlash has grown to President Donald Trump’s deportation push. “This court ruling is a huge win, because the federal court ruled that California has the power to ban federal agents, including ICE, from wearing masks and that we simply have to add state police back into the law to make it enforceable,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration sued over the masking ban in November, and also took aim at another bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805\">SB 805\u003c/a>, requiring law enforcement agents to visibly display their agency and a name or badge number. In a win for California, Snyder on Monday ruled that the state can enforce the identification provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 30-page ruling from Snyder, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, comes as public outrage grows over how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents conduct themselves — anger that has spread in the wake of the killings of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Public Health Officials Warn About Rise In Measles Cases\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public health officials are urging Californians to get vaccinated for measles, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR26-007.aspx\">cases have risen in multiple counties.\u003c/a> That includes an outbreak of eight related cases in Shasta County, the state’s first measles outbreak since 2020. The Department of Public Health says all of those infected in Shasta County were either unvaccinated, or had an unknown history of vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health officials in Orange County are also working with Disneyland after two measles cases were reported there late last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of February 9, 2026, a total of 17 measles cases have been reported statewide. Elsewhere in the United States, one of the largest outbreaks in over 30 years is happening in South Carolina with 920 associated cases. “As a pediatrician and parent, I encourage families to make sure everyone gets up to date on their MMR vaccine, if they haven’t already,” said Dr. Erica Pan, CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer in a statement. “CDPH continues to coordinate with, and support, local health departments in their responses to stop measles from spreading further in our communities. 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"content": "\u003cp>Napa and San Mateo counties confirmed two new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/measles\">measles cases\u003c/a> on Wednesday — Napa County’s first measles patient since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcements of the Bay Area’s second and third cases make the region the home of California’s only \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">reported \u003c/a>measles cases in 2026 so far, amid outbreaks across the country of the highly contagious viral illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County confirmed its second 2026 case of measles in a county resident Wednesday, after previously detecting an\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069161/californias-first-measles-case-of-2026-appears-to-be-unvaccinated-patient-in-bay-area\"> earlier case — the first measles detection in the state this year— on Jan. 8\u003c/a>. Both patients are adults who had recently traveled outside the United States, according to county spokesperson Preston Merchant. San Mateo’s only 2025 case was also related to international travel, Merchant added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa County Health & Human Services Agency confirmed that its case of measles was in \u003ca href=\"https://www.napacounty.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/805\">an unvaccinated child who became ill after traveling out of state\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyezjke80jo\">South Carolina, where the disease is currently surging\u003c/a>. Health officials in the county have said there is no health risk to the general population, regardless of where in the Bay Area you are, and are working with the California Department of Public Health to notify anyone who may potentially have been exposed by the child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Dr. Christine Wu, public health officer for Napa County, urged anyone in the Bay Area who isn’t vaccinated to contact their healthcare provider and seek out the shot. “We don’t know when a case will pop up,” she said. “And so, your best protection is to get vaccinated at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#booster\">Who should get a measles booster?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While San Mateo’s first 2026 measles patient was unvaccinated, the second reported having received only one dose of the combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine as a child, which Merchant said San Mateo health officials haven’t yet been able to confirm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two doses of the MMR vaccine are recommended for maximum protection against measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Measles virus particle, illustration. This virus, from the Morbillivirus group of viruses, consists of an RNA (ribonucleic acid) core surrounded by an envelope studded with surface proteins haemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion protein, which are used to attach to and penetrate a host cell. \u003ccite>(Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But what if you were vaccinated against measles as a child, are you still up to date? Do you need a booster dose? Keep reading for what to know about measles in the Bay Area and around the country right now, how the measles vaccine works and which groups should speak to their health care provider about finding another shot. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outbreak\">Is there a measles outbreak in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#MMR\">When would I have received the MMR vaccines?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#still\">Can you still get measles if you’re vaccinated?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What’s the measles risk in the Bay Area right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is a highly contagious virus spread through direct contact with infectious droplets and through the air when a person with measles breathes, coughs or sneezes.[aside postID=news_12069161 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/MeaslesAP.jpg']Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed a few days later by a rash. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/\">These symptoms can emerge between seven and 21 days after exposure.\u003c/a> In some people, measles can be fatal. In others, the impacts of an infection can linger — or appear —\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk\"> years afterward. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the second San Mateo case, a contact tracing investigation has been completed with “the exposed persons identified,” said Merchant. There are no suspected secondary cases, he confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About one in five unvaccinated people who become infected with measles will\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/\"> require \u003c/a>hospitalization, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, Stanford University’s WastewaterSCAN team — which monitors viruses in human sewage — has detected multiple instances of measles in \u003ca href=\"https://data.wastewaterscan.org/?charts=CjIQACABSABaBk4gR2VuZXIKMjAyNS0xMi0xMXIKMjAyNi0wMS0yMooBBmNlM2MxMMABAQ%3D%3D&selectedChartId=ce3c10&selectedLocation=%7B%22level%22%3A%22other%22,%22label%22%3A%22California%22,%22value%22%3A%22California%22,%22otherCategory%22%3A%22States%22%7D&plantId=07ced721\">wastewater around the Bay Area\u003c/a>. Measles was also recently detected in wastewater from Santa Clara and Solano counties, neither of which have reported any positive measles cases this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Does this mean there’s a measles \u003ca id=\"outbreak\">\u003c/a>outbreak in the Bay Area — or California — right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. CDPH defines an “outbreak” as three or more related cases. The two San Mateo cases and Napa case are all unconnected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last major measles surge in California was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">in 2019\u003c/a>, when 41 cases were associated with six separate outbreaks, bringing the state’s yearly total to 73. The largest outbreak that year resulted in 21 individual measles cases. Before that, an outbreak associated with Disneyland visits resulted in at least 131 Californians being infected with measles between December 2014 and April 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is the state of measles in the U.S. right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">statewide measles dashboard,\u003c/a> which is updated every Tuesday, currently reflects only the Bay Area’s three measles cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC’s most recently-available \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">data\u003c/a> from Jan. 23, 416 cases of measles have already been reported around the U.S. so far in 2026. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyezjke80jo\">majority \u003c/a>of those cases are in South Carolina, which has reported \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">338 \u003c/span>cases to the CDC this month alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole, Texas, on April 9. 2025. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, 94% of measles cases in January were in people who weren’t vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown. Around 86% of patients were under the age of 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a total of 2,144 confirmed cases, \u003c/a> according to the CDC data — the highest since the U.S. eliminated the disease in the year 2000. These included 25\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/Measles-Activity-Archive.aspx\"> cases \u003c/a>of measles in California, including Bay Area cases in Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC defines “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_6-history-of-measles-cases\">elimination\u003c/a>” as having new cases that stem only from international travel, when someone is infected abroad and then re-enters the U.S. In the 1990s, cases reached levels as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">high as 27,808\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, as cases continue to climb in South Carolina, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-22/measles-resurgence-puts-u-s-at-risk-of-losing-its-elimination-status\">experts have warned \u003c/a>that the U.S. is at risk of losing this elimination status for measles. In April, the Pan American Health Organization, an office of the World Health Organization, will assess whether the same measles strain that caused a major outbreak in Texas almost a year ago has continued to spread uninterrupted — which would see the WHO conclude that measles is no longer eliminated in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is the measles \u003ca id=\"MMR\">\u003c/a>vaccine, and when would I have gotten it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and vaccination against measles has been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a> for decades.[aside postID=science_1996377 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/05/41314-thumb.jpg']“Most Americans who went to school in America will have both MMR vaccines completed, and then should be protected against the measles,” Napa public health officer Dr. Christine Wu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella, or MMRV, vaccine, but it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">only licensed\u003c/a> for use in children between ages 1 to 12 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDPH \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/en_US/Questions-and-answers.html?name=question&tab=9\">affirms\u003c/a> that “MMR vaccines are very safe and effective,” and as with “any medicine, there can be side effects, but they are usually mild and go away on their own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that everyone over 12 months of age be vaccinated against measles, with children receiving the first of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">two doses of the MMR vaccine \u003c/a>between 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose is recommended between 4 to 6 years of age. This vaccine provides lifetime protection against measles, so if you got your MMR vaccine as a child, you’re considered up-to-date on your vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CDC data from the 2023-24 school year, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a 96.2% \u003c/a>vaccination rate against measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>If \u003ca id=\"booster\">\u003c/a>I’m up-to-date on my measles vaccines, do I need a measles booster?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. The CDC’s longtime advice says: If you had two doses of measles vaccine as a child according to the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">vaccination schedule\u003c/a>, the CDC considers you “protected for life” and you “do not ever need a booster dose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, said Wu, the second dose of your MMR vaccine is actually considered your booster “that provides a lifelong immunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, however, two groups of older adults who received childhood measles vaccinations but who should still talk to their health care provider about possibly getting another vaccination:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People born between 1957 and 1969\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are in this age group, which would make you between 56 and 68 years old today, it’s likely you only received one dose of the MMR vaccine and should consider getting a second dose, according to Bay Area health officers in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if you were born before 1957?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, everyone born before this year is presumed to have\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/hcp/recommendations.html#immunity\"> immunity from measles \u003c/a>from a previous infection, given how widespread the virus was during that period — although \u003ca href=\"https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/should-you-get-a-measles-vaccine-booster\">people \u003c/a>in this age group who work in health care and who don’t have any written evidence of this immunity should get the MMR vaccine anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People who received the ‘killed’ measles vaccine between 1963 and 1967\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “killed,” or inactivated, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html#cdc_generic_section_1-protection-against-measles\">measles vaccine \u003c/a>was an earlier formulation of the measles vaccine that was only used for this brief period in the 1960s, for fewer than one million people. Because it was found to be ineffective and replaced with the current live vaccine, people who know they received this particular version of the vaccine “should talk to their health care provider about\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html#cdc_generic_section_1-protection-against-measles\"> getting revaccinated\u003c/a>” with the MMR vaccine, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no harm in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html\">getting another dose \u003c/a>of MMR vaccine if you may already be immune to measles (or mumps or rubella),” according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>I don’t know if I’m vaccinated against measles. How can I check?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no national organization that maintains Americans’\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> vaccination records\u003c/a>. Ways that the CDC suggests to track down your own records include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ask your parents or caregivers for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-children/records/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/records/keeping-track.html\">records \u003c/a>of your childhood immunizations (or look in saved documents from your childhood, like baby books).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Consult a state immunization registry like the California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Digital Vaccine Record \u003c/a>portal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask your doctor or public health clinic, but remember that these records may only be stored for a limited time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The CDC\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> has a guide \u003c/a>to tracking down your vaccination records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11980289\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of gloved hands fills a syringe from a vial of vaccine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The measles vaccine is offered as part of routine childhood immunizations in the United States. \u003ccite>(Andrii Zorii/Getty )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another reason to check your vaccination status if you’re unsure: Possessing documentation of your vaccination status “can help you avoid being quarantined if you are exposed,” according to a 2025 advisory from Bay Area health officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can’t find any sign that you or your family have received a measles vaccine?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teenagers and adults with no evidence of immunity should be vaccinated right away,” they added — something the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\">CDC echoes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your health provider can also order “a simple blood test,” said Wu, to check whether or not you are immune from measles, either from vaccination or from a childhood infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>If I’m vaccinated,\u003ca id=\"still\">\u003c/a> am I still at risk of getting measles?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six years of living with COVID-19 have taught us that being vaccinated against a virus doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get infected with that virus. The COVID-19 vaccine, for example, does somewhat reduce your chances of being infected — although the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/5-things-you-should-know.html\"> CDC said \u003c/a>that “protection against infection tends to be modest and sometimes short-lived” — but it also means you’re much less likely to get severely ill if you do get infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the measles vaccine \u003cem>is \u003c/em>incredibly effective at protecting against infections, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\"> CDC said\u003c/a>, and two doses of measles vaccine are “about 97% effective” at preventing measles if you’re exposed. (One dose is “about 93% effective.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for why “about three out of 100” people vaccinated against measles will still get measles after exposure — also known as breakthrough cases — \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">the CDC said \u003c/a>that experts “aren’t sure why” and that this could be due to the responsiveness of an individual’s immune system to the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But the good news is, fully vaccinated people who get measles seem more likely to have a milder illness,” the CDC said — and fully vaccinated people “seem also less likely to spread the disease to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Where can I find a measles vaccine in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccines/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fvpd%2Fmmr%2Fpublic%2Findex.html\"> CDC’s \u003c/a>recommendation of these shots means that your insurer should cover the costs. The CDC’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667199/cdc-vaccine-schedule-children\"> recent changes\u003c/a> to the U.S. vaccine schedule for children under the leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. do not affect the agency’s recommendation of the MMR vaccine or insurance coverage of these shots. In 2025, Kennedy dissolved the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-chief-kennedy-names-new-members-vaccine-advisory-committee-2025-06-11/\">replaced its members with a number of doctors and researchers \u003c/a>who have repeatedly questioned, without evidence, the safety of commonly used vaccines and ingredients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find appointments for an MMR vaccine at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your regular health care provider.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A local pharmacy like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/services/mmr-measles-mumps-rubella\">CVS \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/pharmacy/scheduler/measles-mumps-rubella-mmr-vaccine_38.jsp\">Walgreens.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccines.gov/en/\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a>, the federal government’s vaccine locator.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/vaccinelocator.html\">myturn.ca.gov\u003c/a>, the state’s vaccine locator.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For those without insurance: Uninsured children ages 18 and under can get free DTaP vaccines — and other no-cost immunizations — as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html\">Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>. People without insurance can get the MMR vaccine at a lower cost — or even free\u003ca href=\"https://eziz.org/assets/docs/IMM-1247.pdf\"> if they qualify \u003c/a>for the Vaccines for Adults Program — from several providers and community clinics around the Bay Area, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information/aitc-services-and-prices\">AITC clinic.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contra Costa Public Health \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/immunization/clinics.php#Uninsured\">Immunization Clinics.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alameda County \u003ca href=\"https://acphd.org/clinics/\">Immunization Clinics.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/skennedy\">\u003cem>Samantha Kennedy \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nkhan\">\u003cem>Nisa Khan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa County Health & Human Services Agency confirmed that its case of measles was in \u003ca href=\"https://www.napacounty.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/805\">an unvaccinated child who became ill after traveling out of state\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyezjke80jo\">South Carolina, where the disease is currently surging\u003c/a>. Health officials in the county have said there is no health risk to the general population, regardless of where in the Bay Area you are, and are working with the California Department of Public Health to notify anyone who may potentially have been exposed by the child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Dr. Christine Wu, public health officer for Napa County, urged anyone in the Bay Area who isn’t vaccinated to contact their healthcare provider and seek out the shot. “We don’t know when a case will pop up,” she said. “And so, your best protection is to get vaccinated at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#booster\">Who should get a measles booster?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While San Mateo’s first 2026 measles patient was unvaccinated, the second reported having received only one dose of the combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine as a child, which Merchant said San Mateo health officials haven’t yet been able to confirm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two doses of the MMR vaccine are recommended for maximum protection against measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/measels-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Measles virus particle, illustration. This virus, from the Morbillivirus group of viruses, consists of an RNA (ribonucleic acid) core surrounded by an envelope studded with surface proteins haemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion protein, which are used to attach to and penetrate a host cell. \u003ccite>(Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But what if you were vaccinated against measles as a child, are you still up to date? Do you need a booster dose? Keep reading for what to know about measles in the Bay Area and around the country right now, how the measles vaccine works and which groups should speak to their health care provider about finding another shot. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outbreak\">Is there a measles outbreak in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#MMR\">When would I have received the MMR vaccines?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#still\">Can you still get measles if you’re vaccinated?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What’s the measles risk in the Bay Area right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is a highly contagious virus spread through direct contact with infectious droplets and through the air when a person with measles breathes, coughs or sneezes.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed a few days later by a rash. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/\">These symptoms can emerge between seven and 21 days after exposure.\u003c/a> In some people, measles can be fatal. In others, the impacts of an infection can linger — or appear —\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk\"> years afterward. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the second San Mateo case, a contact tracing investigation has been completed with “the exposed persons identified,” said Merchant. There are no suspected secondary cases, he confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About one in five unvaccinated people who become infected with measles will\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/\"> require \u003c/a>hospitalization, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, Stanford University’s WastewaterSCAN team — which monitors viruses in human sewage — has detected multiple instances of measles in \u003ca href=\"https://data.wastewaterscan.org/?charts=CjIQACABSABaBk4gR2VuZXIKMjAyNS0xMi0xMXIKMjAyNi0wMS0yMooBBmNlM2MxMMABAQ%3D%3D&selectedChartId=ce3c10&selectedLocation=%7B%22level%22%3A%22other%22,%22label%22%3A%22California%22,%22value%22%3A%22California%22,%22otherCategory%22%3A%22States%22%7D&plantId=07ced721\">wastewater around the Bay Area\u003c/a>. Measles was also recently detected in wastewater from Santa Clara and Solano counties, neither of which have reported any positive measles cases this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Does this mean there’s a measles \u003ca id=\"outbreak\">\u003c/a>outbreak in the Bay Area — or California — right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. CDPH defines an “outbreak” as three or more related cases. The two San Mateo cases and Napa case are all unconnected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last major measles surge in California was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">in 2019\u003c/a>, when 41 cases were associated with six separate outbreaks, bringing the state’s yearly total to 73. The largest outbreak that year resulted in 21 individual measles cases. Before that, an outbreak associated with Disneyland visits resulted in at least 131 Californians being infected with measles between December 2014 and April 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is the state of measles in the U.S. right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">statewide measles dashboard,\u003c/a> which is updated every Tuesday, currently reflects only the Bay Area’s three measles cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC’s most recently-available \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">data\u003c/a> from Jan. 23, 416 cases of measles have already been reported around the U.S. so far in 2026. 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Around 86% of patients were under the age of 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a total of 2,144 confirmed cases, \u003c/a> according to the CDC data — the highest since the U.S. eliminated the disease in the year 2000. These included 25\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/Measles-Activity-Archive.aspx\"> cases \u003c/a>of measles in California, including Bay Area cases in Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC defines “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_6-history-of-measles-cases\">elimination\u003c/a>” as having new cases that stem only from international travel, when someone is infected abroad and then re-enters the U.S. In the 1990s, cases reached levels as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">high as 27,808\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, as cases continue to climb in South Carolina, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-22/measles-resurgence-puts-u-s-at-risk-of-losing-its-elimination-status\">experts have warned \u003c/a>that the U.S. is at risk of losing this elimination status for measles. In April, the Pan American Health Organization, an office of the World Health Organization, will assess whether the same measles strain that caused a major outbreak in Texas almost a year ago has continued to spread uninterrupted — which would see the WHO conclude that measles is no longer eliminated in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is the measles \u003ca id=\"MMR\">\u003c/a>vaccine, and when would I have gotten it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and vaccination against measles has been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a> for decades.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Most Americans who went to school in America will have both MMR vaccines completed, and then should be protected against the measles,” Napa public health officer Dr. Christine Wu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella, or MMRV, vaccine, but it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">only licensed\u003c/a> for use in children between ages 1 to 12 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDPH \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/en_US/Questions-and-answers.html?name=question&tab=9\">affirms\u003c/a> that “MMR vaccines are very safe and effective,” and as with “any medicine, there can be side effects, but they are usually mild and go away on their own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that everyone over 12 months of age be vaccinated against measles, with children receiving the first of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">two doses of the MMR vaccine \u003c/a>between 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose is recommended between 4 to 6 years of age. This vaccine provides lifetime protection against measles, so if you got your MMR vaccine as a child, you’re considered up-to-date on your vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CDC data from the 2023-24 school year, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html\">a 96.2% \u003c/a>vaccination rate against measles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>If \u003ca id=\"booster\">\u003c/a>I’m up-to-date on my measles vaccines, do I need a measles booster?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. The CDC’s longtime advice says: If you had two doses of measles vaccine as a child according to the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">vaccination schedule\u003c/a>, the CDC considers you “protected for life” and you “do not ever need a booster dose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, said Wu, the second dose of your MMR vaccine is actually considered your booster “that provides a lifelong immunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, however, two groups of older adults who received childhood measles vaccinations but who should still talk to their health care provider about possibly getting another vaccination:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People born between 1957 and 1969\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are in this age group, which would make you between 56 and 68 years old today, it’s likely you only received one dose of the MMR vaccine and should consider getting a second dose, according to Bay Area health officers in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What if you were born before 1957?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, everyone born before this year is presumed to have\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/hcp/recommendations.html#immunity\"> immunity from measles \u003c/a>from a previous infection, given how widespread the virus was during that period — although \u003ca href=\"https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/should-you-get-a-measles-vaccine-booster\">people \u003c/a>in this age group who work in health care and who don’t have any written evidence of this immunity should get the MMR vaccine anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People who received the ‘killed’ measles vaccine between 1963 and 1967\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “killed,” or inactivated, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html#cdc_generic_section_1-protection-against-measles\">measles vaccine \u003c/a>was an earlier formulation of the measles vaccine that was only used for this brief period in the 1960s, for fewer than one million people. Because it was found to be ineffective and replaced with the current live vaccine, people who know they received this particular version of the vaccine “should talk to their health care provider about\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html#cdc_generic_section_1-protection-against-measles\"> getting revaccinated\u003c/a>” with the MMR vaccine, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no harm in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html\">getting another dose \u003c/a>of MMR vaccine if you may already be immune to measles (or mumps or rubella),” according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>I don’t know if I’m vaccinated against measles. How can I check?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no national organization that maintains Americans’\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> vaccination records\u003c/a>. Ways that the CDC suggests to track down your own records include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ask your parents or caregivers for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-children/records/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/records/keeping-track.html\">records \u003c/a>of your childhood immunizations (or look in saved documents from your childhood, like baby books).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Consult a state immunization registry like the California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Digital Vaccine Record \u003c/a>portal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask your doctor or public health clinic, but remember that these records may only be stored for a limited time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The CDC\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\"> has a guide \u003c/a>to tracking down your vaccination records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11980289\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of gloved hands fills a syringe from a vial of vaccine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1718981175_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The measles vaccine is offered as part of routine childhood immunizations in the United States. \u003ccite>(Andrii Zorii/Getty )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another reason to check your vaccination status if you’re unsure: Possessing documentation of your vaccination status “can help you avoid being quarantined if you are exposed,” according to a 2025 advisory from Bay Area health officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can’t find any sign that you or your family have received a measles vaccine?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teenagers and adults with no evidence of immunity should be vaccinated right away,” they added — something the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html\">CDC echoes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your health provider can also order “a simple blood test,” said Wu, to check whether or not you are immune from measles, either from vaccination or from a childhood infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>If I’m vaccinated,\u003ca id=\"still\">\u003c/a> am I still at risk of getting measles?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six years of living with COVID-19 have taught us that being vaccinated against a virus doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get infected with that virus. The COVID-19 vaccine, for example, does somewhat reduce your chances of being infected — although the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/5-things-you-should-know.html\"> CDC said \u003c/a>that “protection against infection tends to be modest and sometimes short-lived” — but it also means you’re much less likely to get severely ill if you do get infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the measles vaccine \u003cem>is \u003c/em>incredibly effective at protecting against infections, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\"> CDC said\u003c/a>, and two doses of measles vaccine are “about 97% effective” at preventing measles if you’re exposed. (One dose is “about 93% effective.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for why “about three out of 100” people vaccinated against measles will still get measles after exposure — also known as breakthrough cases — \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/questions.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html\">the CDC said \u003c/a>that experts “aren’t sure why” and that this could be due to the responsiveness of an individual’s immune system to the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But the good news is, fully vaccinated people who get measles seem more likely to have a milder illness,” the CDC said — and fully vaccinated people “seem also less likely to spread the disease to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Where can I find a measles vaccine in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccines/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fvpd%2Fmmr%2Fpublic%2Findex.html\"> CDC’s \u003c/a>recommendation of these shots means that your insurer should cover the costs. The CDC’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667199/cdc-vaccine-schedule-children\"> recent changes\u003c/a> to the U.S. vaccine schedule for children under the leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. do not affect the agency’s recommendation of the MMR vaccine or insurance coverage of these shots. In 2025, Kennedy dissolved the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-chief-kennedy-names-new-members-vaccine-advisory-committee-2025-06-11/\">replaced its members with a number of doctors and researchers \u003c/a>who have repeatedly questioned, without evidence, the safety of commonly used vaccines and ingredients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find appointments for an MMR vaccine at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your regular health care provider.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A local pharmacy like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/services/mmr-measles-mumps-rubella\">CVS \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/pharmacy/scheduler/measles-mumps-rubella-mmr-vaccine_38.jsp\">Walgreens.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccines.gov/en/\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a>, the federal government’s vaccine locator.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/vaccinelocator.html\">myturn.ca.gov\u003c/a>, the state’s vaccine locator.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For those without insurance: Uninsured children ages 18 and under can get free DTaP vaccines — and other no-cost immunizations — as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html\">Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>. 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Infectious disease experts say some adults may need to get revaccinated, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measles can spread incredibly fast — it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5292478/measles-vaccination-kids-health-disease\">one of the world’s most contagious diseases\u003c/a>, more than flu, polio, COVID-19 or just about any other infectious disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chop.edu/doctors/offit-paul-a\">Dr. Paul Offit,\u003c/a> director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, notes that just last week, West Texas was reporting 14 cases. This week, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-feb-21-2025\">up to 90 cases\u003c/a>. “It’s very hard to control measles,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best defense against measles is vaccination. The vast majority of people getting sick in Texas are unvaccinated. 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