WGCU has been reporting on the measles outbreak in Collier County since it began. In our latest report, on February 10, Ave Maria University stated on its website that 49 of its students had been infected with measles since the beginning of the year.
The university has not responded to any media contact since the beginning of the outbreak, including the new contact they recently posted on their website.
Anthony Musingo, a physician’s assistant at the Mater Dei Clinic in Ave Maria reports that that clinic has not seen any new measles cases for two weeks, and that none of the cases have jumped from the university to the community thus far. The Mater Dei clinic is not affiliated with Ave Maria University.
The Florida Department of Health dashboard reports 62 measles cases in Collier County from the beginning of the year until February 13th, which is the latest data they are making public. Statewide that number for the same period is 88.
In all of 2025 in Florida there were but seven cases of measles, according to state statistics.
University of Florida, in Alachua County, reported two measles cases since the beginning of the year.
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