Four more measles cases confirmed in Penobscot County

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 259

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Four additional measles cases in Penobscot County were confirmed this week, ten days after the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Maine’s first case of the highly contagious respiratory illness since 2019.

The new cases don’t yet constitute an outbreak — which Maine defines as three or more cases in unrelated households that share an epidemiological link — and there are no new risks of exposure to the public, the Maine CDC confirmed. …

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