measles

Person with measles visited the Weston Marshfield Medical Center emergency department

An infant in southwestern Wisconsin has died from measles, the state’s first such death in 36 years. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services didn't say Thursday where exactly it happened or provide more details.

The case is not related to the ongoing outbreak in Southwest Wisconsin.

As the school year gets underway, state health officials are reminding parents it’s not too late to get the MMR vaccine.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed the case in a person who traveled through Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Walworth County

Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services updated the numbers on Friday

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says as of Friday, there had been 23 confirmed cases of measles

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Oconto County Public Health says five additional cases have been seen

Decades after contracting measles during the pre-vaccine era, residents recall how infections disrupted their lives. Wisconsin health officials are now bracing for the virus to return as other states see outbreaks.

Nine cases have been confirmed, all of whom were exposed to a common source through out-of-state travel