Butler County Confirms 1st Measles Case as Pennsylvania Reports 2 Deaths
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Updated · WTAE Pittsburgh · Aug 25
Butler County Confirms 1st Measles Case as Pennsylvania Reports 2 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · WTAE Pittsburgh · Aug 25
Summary
An unvaccinated Western Pennsylvania patient tested positive for measles Tuesday after visiting Independence Health System’s FasterCare urgent care in Buffalo Township on Aug. 20, marking Butler County’s first laboratory-confirmed case.
The patient is isolating at home, and officials said contact tracing is starting for staff and patients who were at the South Pike Square clinic during the visit.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has been notified as the county case emerges during a wider outbreak.
Two Lancaster County residents died of measles the same day, in what state officials said are likely the first U.S. measles-related fatalities this year.