The Laurel County Health Department has confirmed seven more cases of the highly infectious illness, bringing the state total to 104. The department reports it is monitoring the latest outbreak.
Kentucky Health Sec. Dr. Steven Stack tells Spectrum any speculation on his part about when the upticks may subside is premature at this point.
"I am not confident predicting when it may or may not end," he said. "I am 100 percent saying, if you are not immunized and would like to not suffer the consequences of measles, please go to a pharmacy, primary care doctor, and see if you can get the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine."
Nationally, 2026 has been the worst year for measles infections since 1991.