Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville Confirms on October 29 It Treated a Child With Measles; the Child, From Out of State, Has Been Discharged
A hospital in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, confirmed on October 29 that a child it recently treated had tested positive for measles. The child was treated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and has since been discharged. Hospital spokeswoman Jessica Pasley said on October 29 that the hospital released no details on the treatment dates, the child's home, possible exposure locations or whether the child had been vaccinated.
Vanderbilt Medical Center spokesman Craig Boerner said the patient was from outside Tennessee. Matthew Peters, a spokesman for the Metro Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, said on October 29 that Nashville had reported no new measles cases since July; state health officials had previously reported two cases in Nashville in July 2026.
As of the Tennessee Department of Health's latest data on October 17, the state had confirmed 9 measles cases in 2026. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest figures, as of October 22, show 4,588 cases reported nationwide this year. Nashville's health department reminds residents that to report a measles case, they can call the department's Communicable Disease office.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 位于纳什维尔的范德比尔特大学蒙罗·卡雷尔儿童医院大楼 / Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: SenatorDF, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
