Rhode Island: 2026 Measles

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Source: https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/brie...ls-report-years-first-confirmed-measles-case/

Rhode Island health officials report year’s first confirmed measles case
By: Alexander Castro - April 20, 2026 5:52 pm

​Rhode Island’s first confirmed case of measles in 2026 was identified over the weekend.

The Rhode Island Department of Health announced Saturday that the case involved a man in his 40s from Providence County, who returned to Rhode Island on April 13 after traveling abroad. Two days later, on Wednesday, April 15, the man went to Atmed Treatment Center in Johnston, where he tested positive for measles.

The health department is alerting customers and staff at Panadería El Quetzal — a Guatemalan bakery at 445 Hartford Ave. in Providence — that they may have been exposed to the illness if they were there on April 15 between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

The health department said it is working with the bakery and Atmed to notify people who were potentially exposed. Also notified was the Division of Global Migration Health within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to help identify and alert any passengers who may have been exposed during travel.​..

 

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Source: https://www.providencejournal.com/s...confirmed-in-ri-how-to-stay-safe/89797964007/

Second measles case has been confirmed in RI. What you need to know
Journal Staff | Providence Journal
4 hours ago

Health officials have confirmed RI's second measles case of 2026, a woman who had traveled from outside the country to visit family in Rhode Island.
The new case is unrelated to the state's first case, which was identified April 18.
Health officials are contacting people who may have been exposed to the virus at Brown University Health Urgent Care in Middletown on April 24.

The year's second case of measles has been confirmed in Rhode Island, according to the state Department of Health, which says it is unrelated to the Rhode Island case that was identified on April 18.

The new case is a female in her 20s who had traveled from outside the country to visit family in Rhode Island, the health department said in a news release issued April 25. She was treated at Brown University Health Urgent Care in Middletown on April 24 and tested positive for measles at the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories. The patient did not require hospitalization.​..​