People who visited two hospitals in Linn County during specific times this week may have been exposed to measles, a highly infectious virus that spreads through the air and in rare cases can be fatal, Oregon officials said Saturday.
The two people with Oregon’s first confirmed measles cases in 2026 developed symptoms — a rash, fever, cough and runny nose — on Jan. 5.
The measles virus can linger for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area. The Oregon Health Authority said that people who visited one of two hospitals Jan. 6 or Jan. 7 could have been exposed…