--- title: Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in Three Years description: National case numbers reach over 120 canonical: https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-09T21:00:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:23.128Z article:section: Health og:title: Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in Three Years og:description: National case numbers reach over 120 og:url: https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in Three Years twitter:description: National case numbers reach over 120 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in 3 Years ## Video: Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice [Watch (HLS stream): Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bNqPpjwK.m3u8) (2:54)  _Published 2015-02-05. Chris Christie's bad advice on vaccines gets him in to trouble with TIME's Science Cop Jeffrey Kluger._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 9, 2015 9:00 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 9, 2015 9:00 PM UTC Georgia’s Department of Public Health [confirmed](http://dph.georgia.gov/press-releases/2015-02-09/first-confirmed-case-measles-georgia) on Monday that the state has its first case of measles since 2012. An infant who traveled to Atlanta from outside the country is now being treated for the disease at Egleston Hospital at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). State officials, the hospital, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Prevention (CDC) are working together to identify other people who may have been exposed to the disease. According to the health department, over 98% of incoming kindergarteners in the state have received all their school-mandated shots, including the full two doses of the measles vaccine. New numbers [released](http://www.cdc.gov/measles/) by the CDC on Monday show there are currently 121 cases of measles from 17 states, an outbreak which reportedly began at a Disneyland resort in southern California. “We don’t need to be alarmists. We need to be aware,” said Dr. Patrick O’Neal, director of Health Protection at the Georgia Department of Public Health said in a statement. “What happened in Disneyland is an alert that we live in a world now in which international travel is very common and frequent, and diseases are only hours away.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/"},"headline":"Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in 3 Years","datePublished":"2015-02-09T21:00:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:23.128Z","description":"National case numbers reach over 120","url":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","georgia","atlanta","CDC","measles","vaccine"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/","name":"Georgia Gets First Case of Measles in 3 Years"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice","description":"Chris Christie's bad advice on vaccines gets him in to trouble with TIME's Science Cop Jeffrey Kluger.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bNqPpjwK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-05T23:35:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bNqPpjwK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```