Health / Adelaide, SA

Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school

25 Sept 2026 18:47 AEST Summary

From the report

A measles outbreak at an Adelaide school has seen four people infected with the disease.

<div class='fn'> Classroom at Adelaide High School</div> wikimedia, CC0

<div class='fn'> Classroom at Adelaide High School</div> wikimedia, CC0

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 4.2 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

four2infected2measles2outbreak2people2school2

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 34.8 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The Sydney Morning Herald’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The Sydney Morning Herald Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school plain
ABC News Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak plain
The West Australian Four students at Adelaide school diagnosed with measles, emergency vaccine clinic opened plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Age, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	4.2	0	42	-0.1	34.8
ABC News	9.4	10	56	-0.1	41.6

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The same event elsewhere

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ABC News Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak Niral 9.4 political 0 WAtoday Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school Niral 4.2 political 0 Brisbane Times Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school Niral 4.2 political 0 The Age Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school Niral 4.2 political 0 The West Australian Four students at Adelaide school diagnosed with measles, emergency vaccine clinic opened Niral 20.6 political 0