Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission www.middlebrookhealth.org Public Health Alert: Potential Measles Exposure The Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission (MBRHC) and the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) would like to make you aware of a newly identified confirmed case of measles in a non-NJ resident who potentially exposed NJ residents Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, Pediatric Emergency Department while infectious. Individuals – especially parents, guardians, health care providers, and caregivers – are urged to be aware of the symptoms of this highly contagious virus and to stay up to date with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shots. Anyone who visited the following location, only during the specified dates and times, may have been exposed to measles: •Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, Pediatric Emergency Department, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 09801 •Date & Time: February 6, 2026, 11:15 PM through February 7, 2026 4:45 AM Potentially exposed individuals, if infected would be expected to develop symptoms of measles as late as February 28, 2026. As of February 10, no additional associated cases in New Jersey have been identified. Individuals at risk include those who have not been fully vaccinated or have not had measles in the past. NJDOH is working in collaboration with local health officials on ongoing contact tracing and on efforts to notify people who might have been exposed and to identify additional exposures that may have occurred. Measles symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a rash that usually appears between three and five days after symptoms begin. The rash usually begins as flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, torso, arms, legs, and feet. Measles can also cause serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis (swelling of the brain), and can lead to miscarriage in pregnant people, premature birth, or a low-birth-weight baby. If you suspect you or your child is experiencing symptoms of measles, call your health care provider BEFORE arriving at the facility so that the provider can take precautions. A total of 11 confirmed measles cases were reported in New Jersey for 2025. Nationally, measles cases have soared to the highest levels reported since 1992, eight years before the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. According to the CDC, as of February 6, 2026, a total of 2,276 confirmed measles cases were reported in the United States for 2025, and 733 have been reported this year.
Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission www.middlebrookhealth.org
Public Health Alert: Potential Measles Exposure The Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission (MBRHC) and the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) would like to make you aware of a newly identified confirmed case of measles in a non-NJ resident who potentially exposed NJ residents Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, Pediatric Emergency Department while infectious. Individuals – especially parents, guardians, health care providers, and caregivers – are urged to be aware of the symptoms of this highly contagious virus and to stay up to date with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shots. Anyone who visited the following location, only during the specified dates and times, may have been exposed to measles: •Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, Pediatric Emergency Department, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 09801 •Date & Time: February 6, 2026, 11:15 PM through February 7, 2026 4:45 AM
Potentially exposed individuals, if infected would be expected to develop symptoms of measles as late as February 28, 2026. As of February 10, no additional associated cases in New Jersey have been identified. Individuals at risk include those who have not been fully vaccinated or have not had measles in the past.
NJDOH is working in collaboration with local health officials on ongoing contact tracing and on efforts to notify people who might have been exposed and to identify additional exposures that may have occurred.
Measles symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a rash that usually appears between three and five days after symptoms begin. The rash usually begins as flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, torso, arms, legs, and feet. Measles can also cause serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis (swelling of the brain), and can lead to miscarriage in pregnant people, premature birth, or a low-birth-weight baby.
If you suspect you or your child is experiencing symptoms of measles, call your health care provider BEFORE arriving at the facility so that the provider can take precautions.
A total of 11 confirmed measles cases were reported in New Jersey for 2025. Nationally, measles cases have soared to the highest levels reported since 1992, eight years before the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. According to the CDC, as of February 6, 2026, a total of 2,276 confirmed measles cases were reported in the United States for 2025, and 733 have been reported this year.
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