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Health Officials Report First Measles Case in Idaho Panhandle Since 1991
The unvaccinated child’s infection marks the first Idaho Panhandle measles case since 1991, with 13% of 2025 cases resulting in hospitalization, health officials said.
- On Tuesday, North Idaho health officials identified a measles case in Kootenai County, the first since 2023 and the first in the Panhandle since 1991.
- PHD says the infection was found in an unvaccinated child in Kootenai County, despite two doses of MMR vaccine providing lifetime protection, and measles spreads easily through the air.
- The measles virus can linger in the air for two hours after an infected person leaves, PHD says, and 13% of cases have led to hospitalizations, most among children.
- PHD says it is working to identify how the individual contracted measles and contacting locations visited while infectious, and will monitor until no new cases occur for at least 21 days.
- Nationwide, there have been 1,356 confirmed measles cases this year, reported in 41 jurisdictions including Washington, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming, with most cases in unvaccinated individuals.
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North Idaho health officials on Tuesday identified the state’s first confirmed measles infection in a resident since 2023. The case was reported amid the nation’s worst outbreak of the disease in decades.
Measles case confirmed in the Idaho Panhandle for the first time since 1991
HAYDEN, Idaho - A case of measles has been reported in Kootenai County, the Panhandle Health District (PHD) confirmed in a press release. An unvaccinated child has been infected with measles, according to PHD. This is the first case of measles in an Idaho resident since 2023, and the first in the northern Panhandle since
Health officials report first measles case in Idaho Panhandle since 1991
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Idaho’s first case of measles in a resident since 2023 was confirmed Tuesday in Kootenai County in an unvaccinated child. The news comes days after wastewater in Coeur d’Alene tested positive for the disease, and as measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates have plummeted in Idaho. The Kootenai County case is the first in the Panhandle since 1991, according to the Panhandle Health District. The health district is working to identify how…
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