Clark County Confirms Measles Case In Unvaccinated Child, Warns Of Possible Exposure At Vancouver Clinic

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Clark County Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated child and is warning that people who visited a Vancouver medical clinic last week may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.

Health officials said the source of the child’s exposure is unknown. The child was contagious while visiting the Vancouver Clinic’s Salmon Creek 1 Clinic, located at 2525 N.E. 139th St., from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on July 17.

Anyone who was at the clinic during that time and has not been vaccinated against measles—or has never had the disease—is considered at risk of infection, according to Clark County Public Health…

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