Category: Measles
Australia: Health issues urgent warning measles outbreak alert after 47 cases detected
The Australian A measles outbreak is spreading in WA, with 47 cases now detected so far this year. WA health authorities issued a fresh warning about the potentially fatal disease on Wednesday, saying eight cases had been detected in an outbreak in the Pilbara region. Measles is highly infectious and can spread via airborne droplets, […]
Oct 8, 2025
Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks
The Conversation More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation. The report also found a “large swath” of the U.S. no longer has the “basic, ground-level immunity” needed to stop the spread of measles. […]
Oct 8, 2025
Measles-free status in jeopardy in the Americas as outbreaks continue
Reuters The Americas region is at risk of losing its measles-free status as the highly infectious disease continues to spread in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the head of the Pan American Health Organization told Reuters in an interview. To be considered measles-free, a country where an outbreak takes place must get back to […]
Oct 8, 2025
437 hospitalized with measles, 39 in ICUs, amid outbreak that started in May
Times of Israel At a Knesset Health Committee meeting today, Dr. Sharon Elroei-Price, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, states that approximately 1,700 patients have been confirmed with measles in the past six months, 437 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began in May, and 39 are in intensive care. Six children […]
Oct 1, 2025
New York State Department of Health Issues Advisory Following Measles Detection in City of Oswego Wastewater
NY State Dept of Health The New York State Department of Health is alerting the public, providers and local health officials about low levels of measles virus that was detected in a wastewater sample collected earlier this week from a treatment facility serving parts of the City of Oswego and surrounding areas. The Department is […]
Oct 1, 2025
Measles case reported in Minneapolis school; 9 other metro cases reported this week
CBS News Nearly a dozen new cases of measles have been reported this week to the Minnesota Department of Health, which includes one case involving a student at a Minneapolis school. According to the department, the 10 new cases have been confirmed since Monday, Sept. 29, bringing the state’s total caseload for this year to […]
Oct 1, 2025
Orange County toddler infected with measles
NBC Los Angeles Orange County Health Care Agency officials on Monday revealed a toddler has been infected with measles, but the virus is not expected to spread because the family isolated as it was contagious. Nationally, 1,514 cases of measles have been reported with 23 new ones in the past couple of weeks, officials said. […]
Oct 1, 2025
US Measles Cases Hit 1,514 on Fresh Outbreaks in Utah, Arizona
Bloomberg Measles infections in the US have reached 1,514 this year, as outbreaks continue to spread and routine childhood vaccinations fall. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported infections in 41 states. Cases are now being driven by travel and fresh outbreaks in Utah and Arizona after Texas declared its outbreak had ended in August. […]
Sep 24, 2025
Child dies from complications of measles years after infection
The Conversation A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the measles vaccine, developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) – a progressive and almost always fatal brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection. SSPE affects […]
Sep 17, 2025
2 cases of measles confirmed in NYC, Department of Health says. Here’s what to know.
CBS News The New York City Department of Health has confirmed two adult cases of measles. The DOH says it is investigating measles exposures at unnamed restaurants on the Lower East Side and in SoHo. The agency said it is working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed. “Measles is a very […]
Sep 17, 2025