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Colleges Urged to Assess Measles Risk as Spread Continues in North Dakota

By Bill Dubensky Jun 1, 2025 | 8:37 AM

    (Vice Chancellor Lisa Johnson. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(BY: North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota colleges are being advised to assess their risk and campus policies as the number of measles cases continues to grow in the state.

Burke County became the fourth North Dakota county with a confirmed measles case, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported.

Grand Forks County reported another measles case, bringing the state total to 29 cases, the most for the potentially fatal disease since 1978.

The health department, on its measles information website, added two additional exposure locations in Crosby in Divide County, which neighbors Burke County.

The State Board of Higher Education discussed the measles outbreak as campuses prepare to host summer youth camps and tours for prospective students

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