The measles virus, paramyxoviridae from the Morbillivirus family, transmission microscopy view. Photo: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty

A patient at CHOP in King of Prussia is the region’s first confirmed measles case this year. Authorities have not released the person's age or gender.

Pennsylvania's first measles case of 2025 was confirmed in Montgomery County, officials said. On Friday, Feb. 28, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) told NBC10 there was one confirmed measles case in Pennsylvania.

New details are emerging after Montgomery County Health officials confirmed Pennsylvania’s first measles case of the year over the weekend.

The first case of measles has been reported in Pennsylvania. A local medical director is recommending people get vaccinated, especially children. According to Dr. Graham Synder at UPMC Hamot,

On Sunday, officials with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services announced that a case of measles was confirmed in an unvaccinated child.

Pennsylvania has had its first confirmed case of measles in 2025. Health officials in Montgomery County confirmed that the case involved an unvaccinated child and that it’s possible members of the public were exposed.

Health officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Montgomery County child. Disease investigators with the Montgomery County Office of Public Health (OPH) are completing contact tracing.

Montgomery County, PA reports first measles case of 2025, linked to an unvaccinated child and international travel.

The unvaccinated child visited the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's King of Prussia campus emergency room on Feb. 26, the county's Department of Health said.