Measles Infections Surge by Triple Digits [View all]
Published Apr 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM EDT
Updated Apr 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM EDT
... Measles was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, meaning it was no longer spreading continuously. Most new cases came from international travel. However, in recent years, cases have increased because fewer people are vaccinated.
This year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 97 percent of confirmed measles cases were in unvaccinated or unknown-vaccinated people.
As of April 10, the U.S. has recorded 105 more measles cases than the previous week, bringing the total for 2025 to 712 confirmed cases across 25 jurisdictions. That marks a sharp increase compared to the 285 cases reported in 2024 ...
"This is one of the worst outbreaks we've seen in the United States in years," Dr. Adam Ratner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New York, told CNN. "The confirmed case numbers are almost certainly an underestimate of the actual number of cases" ...
https://www.newsweek.com/measles-outbreak-update-infections-surge-2058796
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