Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease. Texas health officials say the school-aged child, not vaccinated, and was hospitalized last week. Now, Alabama and Florida health officials are sounding the alarm.

A teenager in Miami-Dade has a confirmed cases of measles, the first such infection in Florida since a small outbreak of the disease in South Florida in 2024. The infection was reported on a Florida Department of Health database for Florida’s infectious and reportable diseases.

Florida health officials have confirmed the state’s first measles case of the year, a high school student. The case is renewing concerns about declining vaccination rates, which doctors warn could put more children at risk.

Florida has reported the state's first measles case this year as other parts of the country try to control a growing outbreak.

And now a case has officially been confirmed in a Florida school. According to WFOR, Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Pinecrest sent an email to parents warning that an unidentified student had been diagnosed with measles,

Health officials are closely monitoring several measles cases across the country, including one case in Florida.