Health Department Launches Measles Dashboard to Keep Parents, Public Informed of Ongoing Cases

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The Pennsylvania Department of Health launched a new online dashboard to keep Pennsylvania families and communities informed about measles cases in the Commonwealth, including case details on county, age, and hospitalizations.

“We continue working tirelessly to contain the spread of this highly contagious virus among people who are not vaccinated. So far this year, we provided more than three times as many measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations in Lancaster County than we did in all of 2025. Through our public health outreach, we are building trust and making connections with people and seeing increased confidence in the MMR vaccine’s ability to protect Pennsylvanians and their community,” said Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen.

The new dashboard will be updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons with the latest data available. In addition to the number of cases per county, the dashboard includes demographic data, hospitalization rate, and vaccination status of the cases.

DOH continues hosting pop-up measles vaccine clinics, providing more than 600 doses to residents in Lancaster County since cases were first identified there in late-April. In comparison, DOH staff provided 179 measles vaccinations in Lancaster County for all of 2025.

DOH, and its many partners are working to increase access to vaccines and improve the information available across the Commonwealth. This year, DOH-operated state health centers administered more than 1,500 doses of the MMR vaccine to Pennsylvanians.

In late June, to ensure that Pennsylvania infants, who are particularly vulnerable to measles, are protected from getting the virus, DOH issued guidance to health care providers enabling them to vaccinate infants as young as six months of age. This early dose of the MMR vaccine is safe and provides moderate protection when measles is spreading.