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Measles symptoms guide
The gist
Health departments in Colorado and Pennsylvania issued measles symptom guides after new cases and two deaths.
The guidance stresses early fever, cough and rash signs and calling ahead first.
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026 -11, 2026Potential measles exposure locations were listed in Boulder, Lafayette and Westminster, Colorado, after a confirmed case in an international visitor with unknown vaccination status who had recently traveled through the state.
- Sep 15, 2026The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment alerted the public to the potential exposure locations.
- Sep 15, 2026The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths; it has confirmed 693 measles cases in 38 counties so far this year.