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Child diagnosed with Measles in Nashville
WSMV • • health
Key Points:
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt treated a child with measles this week, marking one of the first cases in the Nashville-Davidson County region this year.
- The child was admitted overnight from Sunday to Monday and has since been discharged; vaccination status is currently unknown.
- Tennessee has reported at least nine measles cases in 2023, with about one-third affecting children aged 5 to 17 and over half affecting adults aged 18 to 49.
- The majority of measles cases this year, approximately 67%, have occurred in East Tennessee, accounting for about six of the nine confirmed cases.
