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Pima County directs staff to craft mobile‑vaccination plan after measles brief; health officials seek school outreach
Summary
After a health department update on rising U.S. measles outbreaks and local immunization gaps, the Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously directed county administration to return in 90 days with a plan to deploy mobile vaccination units to schools with MMR coverage below 95% and to outline costs and logistics.
Pima County supervisors on March 31 directed county administration and the Health Department to craft a plan — due to the board in 90 days — to deploy mobile vaccination units to schools that report measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage below 95 percent.
Supervisor Matt Hines introduced the item after a Health Department presentation that warned of a rise in U.S. measles cases and described local kindergarten immunization rates that fall short of the 95 percent level public‑health officials say is needed for community protection.
What county health officials said
Dr. Cullen, Pima County’s public‑health official, told the board there were no reported local cases in 2025; the last Pima County case dated to 2019. She said the U.S. had seen multiple outbreaks and that recent national totals were in the low hundreds — and noted two recent deaths in Texas tied…
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