{"id":1039770,"date":"2026-09-02T23:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1039770\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T23:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:40:17","slug":"travelers-potentially-exposed-to-measles-at-new-stanton-service-plaza-in-western-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1039770\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelers potentially exposed to measles at New Stanton Service Plaza in Western Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travelers potentially exposed to measles at Pa. Turnpike service plaza in Westmoreland County<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/853c053a-375d-4f49-afda-568da22e36ea_1727472834.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Caitlyn Scott\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Pennsylvania health officials are responding after they said some travelers at a service plaza along the Turnpike in Westmoreland County may have been exposed to measles.   <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Health officials said in a release Wednesday that a person from outside the state tested positive for measles and may have exposed others at the New Stanton Service Plaza on the westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The individual was said to have stopped at the plaza on Aug. 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Anyone who may have been exposed at the plaza, including at the Burger King, Starbucks, Sunoco, 7-11, restrooms, and dining area, should check their vaccination status and monitor for symptoms, the health department said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;Individuals who are not vaccinated are most at risk for infection,&#8221; officials said in a release.<strong> &#8220;<\/strong>Getting vaccinated is the best protection from the highly contagious measles virus, providing 97 percent lifetime protection after two doses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">People who believe they were exposed to measles and are experiencing symptoms should contact their health care provider or call the Department\u2019s toll-free hotline at 877-PA-HEALTH (877-724-3258). <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><strong>Looking for more news in your area <\/strong>| <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers potentially exposed to measles at Pa. Turnpike service plaza in Westmoreland County HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 Pennsylvania&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1039771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[415981,210,2041,4639,48108,16458,415978,410549,415979,24659,213276,415980,22195,104814,60427,67,132,68,415982,42886],"class_list":["post-1039770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-dining-area","tag-health","tag-health-department","tag-individual","tag-infection","tag-measle","tag-new-stanton-service-plaza","tag-pennsylvania-department-of-health","tag-pennsylvania-health-official","tag-person","tag-potential-exposure","tag-release-wednesday","tag-starbucks","tag-symptom","tag-traveler","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-westbound-pennsylvania-turnpike","tag-westmoreland-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1039771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}