{"id":17014,"date":"2026-01-20T17:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=17014"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:21:15","slug":"virginia-health-officials-investigating-another-confirmed-measles-case-in-northern-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-news-releases\/virginia-health-officials-investigating-another-confirmed-measles-case-in-northern-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Health Officials Investigating Another Confirmed Measles Case in Northern Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u2013 <\/strong>January 20, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contact:<\/strong> Brookie Crawford, <a href=\"mailto:brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov\">brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Virginia Health Officials Investigating Another Confirmed Measles Case in Northern Region<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Virginia Department of Health is Working to Identify People Who Are at Risk<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 The Virginia Department of Health is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of the Northern Region. The patient is a preschool-age child (0-4 years) who recently traveled internationally. This case is unrelated to a recent measles case reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-news-releases\/virginia-health-officials-investigating-a-confirmed-measles-case-in-northern-region\/\">January 11<\/a>. To protect the patient\u2019s privacy, VDH will not provide any additional information about the patient. Health officials are coordinating an effort to identify people who might have been exposed and appreciate the active collaboration of affected healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listed below are the dates, times, and locations of the potential exposure sites in Virginia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Pediatric Urgent Care, located at 2690 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, January 13 from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Inova Children\u2019s Emergency Department, located at 3300 Gallows Road in Falls Church\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, January 15 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, January 16 from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Inova Fairfax Hospital Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Building, Floors 2-10, located at 3300 Gallows Road in Falls Church\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, January 17 at 2:30 a.m. to Sunday, January 18 at 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To date in 2026, Virginia has reported three cases of measles. Any additional exposure sites identified in Virginia will be posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/measles\/\">VDH Measles website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Do If You Have Been Exposed to Measles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most people in Virginia have immunity to measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low. However, <u>anyone<\/u> who was at the potential exposure sites at the times listed should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Find out if you have been vaccinated for measles or have had measles previously.<\/strong> Make sure you are up to date with the recommended number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/vaccines\/index.html\">measles (MMR) vaccinations<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>To check your immunization status, call your healthcare provider or request records through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/request-immunization-record\/\">VDH Record Request Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you have received two doses of a measles-containing vaccine, or were born before 1957, you are considered protected and do not need to seek post-exposure treatment at this time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>People who are not fully vaccinated or otherwise immune to measles should contact their healthcare provider or call their <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-department-locator\/\"><strong>local health department<\/strong><\/a> People who are not immune to measles may qualify for post-exposure treatments. There is a small timeframe for these protective post-exposure treatments to be effective.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Watch for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/epidemiology\/epidemiology\/epidemiology-fact-sheets\/measles-rubeola\/\"><strong>symptoms<\/strong><\/a><strong> of measles for 21 days after the potential exposure. <\/strong>Monitoring for symptoms is especially important for people who are not fully vaccinated or otherwise immune to measles.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you notice symptoms of measles, immediately isolate yourself by staying home.<\/strong> Contact your healthcare provider right away. If you need to seek healthcare, call ahead before going to your healthcare provider\u2019s office or the emergency room to notify them that you may have been exposed to measles and ask them to call the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-department-locator\/\">local health department<\/a>. This call will help protect other patients and staff.<\/li>\n<li>The most likely time\u00a0<strong>you would become sick would be between January 20 to February 8.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-department-locator\/\">local health department<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:%20epi_response@vdh.virginia.gov\">epi_response@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a> to discuss any additional recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General Measles Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/measles\/\">Measles<\/a> is a highly contagious illness that can spread easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. Measles symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, most people have a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough. These symptoms usually start seven to 14 days after being exposed. The second stage starts three to five days after symptoms start, when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. People with measles are contagious from four days before the rash appears through four days after the rash appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is preventable through a safe and effective MMR vaccine. Two doses of the vaccine are given to provide lifetime protection. Virginia has high measles vaccination rates, with approximately 95% of kindergarteners fully vaccinated against measles. However, infants who are too young to be vaccinated, and others who are not vaccinated, are at high risk of developing measles if they are exposed. Infants six months through 11 months of age who will be traveling internationally, or to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/data-research\/\">outbreak setting<\/a>, should receive one dose of MMR vaccine prior to travel. Talk to a healthcare provider if you have questions about the MMR vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about measles visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/measles\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/measles\/.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u2013 January 20, 2026 Media Contact: Brookie Crawford, brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov Virginia Health Officials Investigating Another Confirmed Measles Case in Northern Region Virginia Department of Health is Working to Identify People Who Are at Risk RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 The Virginia Department of Health is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":16873,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-17014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-measles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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