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In Lewis County, N.Y., the highly contagious virus has swept through Amish homes. Public health experts fear there’s no end in sight.

A towering pile of logs attested to work unfinished amid a measles outbreak in Lewis County, N.Y. Credit... David Andreatta

Joseph Goldstein and David Andreatta

Joseph Goldstein reported from New York City, and David Andreatta from Lewis County, N.Y., where an infant died from measles.

Nov. 11, 2026

On a recent Saturday morning in New York’s North Country, there were signs that work had fallen behind.

Standing on his porch in suspenders and shirtsleeves, 32-year-old David Stoltzfus pointed at a heap of logs, some thicker than telephone poles and stacked two stories high. He needed to saw them into lumber. But Mr.…