Pennsylvania measles cases hit 32, highest since 1991, concentrated in rural counties

Two Ephrata Mennonite School students were diagnosed with measles but have since recovered; outbreak affects multiple communities across Pennsylvania.

In the hills and valleys of rural Pennsylvania, a disease declared eliminated from American life a quarter-century ago has returned with uncommon force. Thirty-two confirmed measles cases — the most since 1991 — have taken hold across Lancaster, Lebanon, Berks, and the Susquehanna Valley, clustering most heavily in tight-knit communities where vaccination rates have quietly eroded. The outbreak is a reminder that public health is not a permanent achievement but a continuous practice, and that the distance between elimination and resurgence can be measured in the slow drift of community immunit

Pennsylvania measles cases hit 32, highest since 1991, concentrated in rural counties

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