Unvaccinated North Idaho child is state’s first resident measles case since 2023

North Idaho health officials on Tuesday identified the state’s first confirmed measles infection in a resident since 2023. The case was reported amid the nation’s worst outbreak of the disease in decades.

The Panhandle Health District reported the case was an unvaccinated child in Kootenai County; the confirmation of the infection marked the first case in the state’s Panhandle area since 1991, according to a press release from the health district.