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2 New Measles Cases Confirmed by Kent County Health Department
WESTERN IOWA, JUL 23 – This marks Iowa’s eighth measles case in 2025, with 92% of U.S. cases involving unvaccinated individuals, highlighting rare breakthrough infections in vaccinated adults.
- On July 22, Iowa health officials reported the state's eighth measles case in 2025, involving an adult from western Iowa who had completed the full vaccination series.
- The individual has no known connection to earlier Iowa cases or recent travel outside the state, and officials have pinpointed five places the person went while contagious where exposure to measles may have happened.
- Measles spreads through airborne droplets and is highly contagious, with symptoms such as fever, cough, and rash appearing one to two weeks after contact.
- The measles vaccine is approximately 97% effective at preventing infection, and Iowa health officials emphasize that vaccination is the most reliable method to safeguard individuals, their loved ones, and the wider community.
- Officials noted that individuals who contract the virus despite being vaccinated usually have less severe symptoms and a lower chance of transmitting it to others, underscoring the continued importance of vaccination.
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DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed a case of measles in an adult resident of Western Iowa and is notifying the public of potential exposure locations. The individual is fully vaccinated and…
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Case of measles confirmed in western Iowa adult - Radio Iowa
Eight cases of the measles have now been confirmed in Iowa this year. State officials say the latest case is in a “western Iowa” adult who hasn’t recently traveled outside of Iowa and had no known connection to others in the state who’ve recently contracted the virus. Because this person was fully vaccinated, it’s likely […]
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