Pennsylvania launches measles data dashboard

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday launched a new online dashboard with information about measles cases in the state. The tool features details such as total case numbers and hospitalization rates.

According to the department, the dashboard will be updated with the latest data on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. In addition to the number of cases per county, the dashboard will feature case demographic data and vaccination statuses.

When the state health department is alerted to new measles cases, local public health staff conduct contact tracing to identify close contacts, and identify locations where exposure may have occurred. The department provides public notifications of each potential exposure, while the contact tracing team attempts to reach everyone who might have been exposed to ensure those with confirmed cases are isolating while contagious.

Along with the dashboard, the state’s health department has taken many other steps to combat the spread of infection, such as increasing access to education about measles and boosting access to vaccines.

The department hosts pop-up measles vaccine clinics. State health center staff in Lancaster County, some 70 miles west of Philadelphia, have reportedly more than tripled the number of measles vaccines administered this year, providing more than 600 doses to residents since cases were first identified there in late April. By comparison, state health department sstaff provided just 179 measles vaccinations in Lancaster County for all of 2025.

Health department-operated state health centers administered more than 1,500 doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination to Pennsylvanians, and late last month, DOH issued new guidance to healthcare providers, enabling them to vaccinate infants as young as six months.

“This new measles dashboard is part of the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to boost public access to information and provide transparency in our work to protect public health,” Dr. Debra Bogen, Pennsylvania’s health secretary, said in a news release.

“We continue working tirelessly to contain the spread of this highly contagious virus among people who are not vaccinated,” she continued. “Through our public health outreach, we are building trust and making connections with people and seeing increased confidence in the MMR vaccine’s ability to protect Pennsylvanians and their community.”