Measles reemerges in Kansas with Osage County case, exposure at Topeka church

By: Morgan Chilson

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 549

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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TOPEKA — Measles, once thought successfully eradicated in the United States, returned to Kansas with a confirmed case Tuesday in an Osage County resident, health officials said.

The individual acquired the disease outside the state and “we do not have measles spreading in Kansas at this time,” the Osage County Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a release.

Also Tuesday, a Topeka area church and the Shawnee County Health …

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