The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first measles case in 2025 in a middle Tennessee resident.
The individual became infected with measles in early March and is recovering at home. The Department of Health did not say where in Tennessee the infected person lives. Public health officials are working to identity other locations and persons potentially exposed to the virus.
There is currently an ongoing, national measles outbreak, involving over 300 cases in 11 states, including two deaths.
Measles is a highly infectious and potentially fatal disease which spreads very easily through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.
TDH encourages consultation with your medical provider about measles prevention. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are highly effective at preventing measles.