Category: Measles
Acting CDC director Bhattacharya urges measles vaccines
The HIll Jay Bhattacharya, the recently appointed acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Monday urged families to consider vaccinating against measles as outbreaks across the country continue. In a video statement posted on the social media platform X, Bhattacharya discussed the steps that the CDC is taking the address the measles […]
Mar 4, 2026
CDC deploys staff to curb South Carolina’s measles outbreak
Star Advertiser U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff will arrive in South Carolina next week to help the state contain the largest measles outbreak in the country in decades years, a state official said in a briefing on Wednesday. The first CDC on the ground assist comes some five months after the South […]
Mar 4, 2026
ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation’s largest detention facility in Texas
NBC News The agency said it’s closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with public health authorities while the facility has been closed to visitors and attorneys. People who tested positive for the highly contagious disease at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, have been “cohorted and separated from the rest of the detained population […]
Mar 4, 2026
Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.
NYT Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent. The Global Academy of South Carolina, a public charter school, is housed in a glittering modern building on a sprawling campus, a 10-minute drive from the spunky downtown Spartanburg. It […]
Mar 4, 2026
Meeting on U.S. Measles Status Is Delayed Until November
NYT A highly anticipated meeting to review the United States’ measles elimination status has been postponed until November. An international panel of experts had invited the United States to a meeting in April to determine whether the ongoing spread of measles would cost the country its status, a designation granted to nations that have not […]
Mar 4, 2026
The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.
The Atlantic For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in America. Now they look inevitable. Of every 1,000 people the measles virus infects, it may kill as few as one to three. In a way, this can seem merciful. But the mathematics of measles is also unforgiving. The virus is estimated […]
Feb 25, 2026
As measles cases climb, these 9 diseases threaten comebacks
Washington Post When it comes to infectious diseases, measles is “the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said. There are more than 900 confirmed measles cases in the United States, as of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent weekly count. It’s less than two months into the year, “and we already have over […]
Feb 25, 2026
Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
KFF At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before the two were isolated, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
Feb 25, 2026
As Measles Cases Pass 1,000 for the Year, Experts Urge Vaccination
MedPageToday There are already “more than half the number of cases seen in all of 2025,” one pediatrician said. U.S. measles cases have topped 1,000 just 2 months into 2026, and outbreaks persist in a number of states, namely South Carolina and Arizona/Utah. “It is very concerning to see more than 1,000 cases in the U.S. this […]
Feb 25, 2026
‘Unbelievably contagious’: Measles cases soar nationwide: What you need to know
WTOP The United States is seeing nearly 1,000 cases of measles in the first two months of 2026, a record surge that has alarmed health care providers. More than 980 have been reported across 26 states as of Monday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than four times the total number of […]
Feb 25, 2026