Lebanon City Urges Measles Vaccination After 10 of 12 County Cases Hit Unvaccinated Residents
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Updated · Lebanon Daily News · May 8
Lebanon City Urges Measles Vaccination After 10 of 12 County Cases Hit Unvaccinated Residents
3 articles · Updated · Lebanon Daily News · May 8
Lebanon City issued an urgent warning after Lebanon County reported 12 confirmed measles cases, with officials saying they cannot yet confirm how many are inside the city.
Ten of the 12 infected county residents were unvaccinated, and another person's status could not be verified; the state also reported three hospitalizations that led to contact tracing and more mild cases.
City officials urged residents to check their own and their children's vaccination status, calling the MMR shot the most effective protection against the highly contagious disease.
Lebanon County's kindergarten MMR coverage was 93.2% in 2024-25, slightly below the statewide rate of nearly 94%, as U.S. measles cases climb to their highest level since elimination in 2000.
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