Category: Measles
CDC says measles cases are most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas
NBC News The leader of the CDC’s measles team said the agency was “scraping” to find resources to address an outbreak in the Southwest. Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States as public health officials scramble to find resources to address a ballooning outbreak in the Southwest, according to a senior […]
Apr 16, 2025
Texas says measles cases rise further, CDC sends more help
Reuters The Texas health department reported 561 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 20 from April 11, as the U.S. government said it was sending seven people to the state to help battle the outbreak of the childhood disease. Cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak, rose to […]
Apr 15, 2025
Measles is spreading. Here’s how to stay safe.
Washington Post As measles spreads in the United States, we unpack how to stay safe – and why public health experts are so concerned by the confusing, contradictory federal response. The United States is experiencing a rise in measles, the most contagious virus in the world. Many of us have questions: Is my child protected? […]
Apr 15, 2025
US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down
CNN During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the second-worst measles outbreak in the US since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Kennedy has claimed repeatedly that measles cases have “plateaued,” despite contradictory data from his own agencies. On Tuesday, the […]
Apr 15, 2025
The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know
AP Texas surpassed 500 measles cases Tuesday, just days after a third person died from a measles-related illness. The U.S. has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024. Texas is reporting the majority of them with 505. The cases include two young elementary school-aged children who were not vaccinated and died from measles-related […]
Apr 9, 2025
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut
NBC News Many clinics had been planned at schools in the Dallas area with low vaccination rates. Steep federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in one of Texas’ most populous counties — Dallas — to cancel dozens of vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers on the front lines of combatting the state’s growing […]
Apr 9, 2025
Hawaii confirms travel-related measles case in child under 5
Hawaii Tribune The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed its first measles case this year in an unvaccinated child on Oahu under the age of 5. Gov. Josh Green made the announcement during a press conference this morning, in which he urged everyone to get vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella. The case was confirmed […]
Apr 9, 2025
What will it take to get measles under control?
NPR It’s been 25 years since measles was officially “eliminated” from the United States. That’s a technical term. In public health, it means measles has not had a steady twelve month spread. Right now there are measles cases in several states The biggest number of cases are in West Texas where two kids have died. […]
Apr 9, 2025
2nd child with measles dies in Texas, according to state health officials
ABC News 2nd child dies of measles in TexasThere are 607 confirmed measles cases across 21 states nationwide, according to data from the CDC. A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, in a growing outbreak that has infected hundreds of people, the vast majority […]
Apr 8, 2025
First case of measles reported in Indiana
WSBT News The first case of measles has been confirmed in Indiana. According to the Indiana Department of Health, the person infected is an unvaccinated child in Allen County. Public health officials are working on figuring out if this has led to any other cases in the area. So far, the risk to the general […]
Apr 8, 2025