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Sacramento County child being treated for measles

A West Sacramento resident has a confirmed case of measles, health officials say, prompting a contact tracing effort in Yolo County.
The West Sacramento patient may have contracted the infection locally, especially given recent wastewater detections.
“Prior to two cases reported in 2024 among Yolo County residents who traveled internationally, the county had not seen a measles case since 2015,” officials said. Officials confirm there are ...
The affected adult, whose vaccination status is unknown, is now the 13th confirmed case of measles in California so far this year. Last year, Yolo County recorded two cases of residents with ...
A West Sacramento resident who was diagnosed with measles, the first case this year across Yolo and Sacramento counties, may have exposed the virus to other patients and medical staff after arriving ...
The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency ... the first documented cases of measles can be traced to written accounts from a 9th-century Persian doctor. However, it wasn’t until ...
The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency urges residents to ensure they are up-to-date with measles vaccinations before traveling internationally. Measles is a highly contagious virus ...