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Austin Public Health reports two local measles cases, urges vaccination and monitoring of exposures
Summary
Chief epidemiologist Janet Peschel updated the committee on national and state measles case counts, two recent Travis County cases (one in February, one on April 24), and a recent exposure from an El Paso visitor; APH said it is increasing outreach, offering toolkits and developing a measles risk calculator for schools.
Janet Peschel, chief epidemiologist and assistant director for epidemiology and public‑health preparedness at Austin Public Health, briefed the Public Health Committee on measles on May 15 and described the department’s current case counts, outreach, and monitoring activities.
Peschel said that, nationally, there were 935 measles cases as of the previous Friday; most cases are among people younger than 20 and about 13% were hospitalized. She said Texas reported 702 cases as of May 6, with 91 hospitalizations and two reported pediatric deaths; 96% of those Texas cases were in unvaccinated individuals.
Locally, Peschel said Travis County had its first measles case in February in an unvaccinated…
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