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Health Alert

WV HEALTH ADVISORY #237 𝙈𝒆𝙖𝒔𝙡𝒆𝙨 𝙃𝒆𝙖𝒍𝙩𝒉 𝑨𝙡𝒆𝙧𝒕

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WEST VIRGINIA HEALTH ADVISORY #237

Distributed via the WV Health Alert Network – July 28, 2026, 4:22pm

𝙈𝒆𝙖𝒔𝙡𝒆𝙨 𝙃𝒆𝙖𝒍𝙩𝒉 𝑨𝙡𝒆𝙧𝒕

𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚

The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) has confirmed a case of measles in an 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. State health officials are working closely with Barbour County Health Department staff to investigate the case and conduct contact tracing. DH is not aware of any broader community public exposure for the confirmed case, however, in an abundance of caution, we are alerting clinicians to the presence of measles in Barbour County and asking providers to consider measles in patients who present with compatible symptoms.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of July 23, 2026, there have been 2,318 confirmed measles cases in the United States. 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.