San Antonio charter school reports case of rubella, which is contagious but not same as measles

As a measles outbreak thrusts Texas into the national spotlight, a San Antonio-area school has reported a case of another highly transmissible disease. Charter school Legacy Traditional School-Cibolo on Friday confirmed to the Current that one of its first-grade students tested positive for rubella, sometimes referred to as “German measles” or “three-day measles.” Despite the similar name and symptoms, which include a rash, rubella is different from measles, the highly contagious disease at the center of the Texas outbreak.