Category: Measles
10 new cases of measles reported in West Texas county and New Mexico
AP Public health authorities said Tuesday that an outbreak of measles in western Texas has expanded, while a new case was confirmed nearby across state lines in New Mexico. The Texas Department of State Health Services has identified 24 measles cases in connection with the onset of symptoms within the last two weeks. Gaines County, […]
Feb 12, 2025
Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions
NBC Local health officials set up a drive-thru vaccination clinic last week and are offering screening services to residents. Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. South Plains Public Health District Director Zach Holbrooks said […]
Feb 11, 2025
Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo
NYT Werra Maulu Botey could not bear to close his daughter’s coffin. Waiting to bury her, he slid the rough wooden lid back, again and again, to adjust her small head and smooth the cloth that cradled it away from her cheeks. Olive died of measles, at the age of 5, the evening before. She […]
Dec 18, 2024
Minnesota: Measles outbreak sickens 51
Minnesota News At least 51 people have been sickened by measles in Minnesota since May, with nearly one quarter of them ending up hospitalized, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. Nearly all the cases are in Hennepin County, and MPR News reports that most are among unvaccinated children in the Somali community. Overall childhood […]
Sep 25, 2024
Oregon sees most measles cases in generation
Oregon News The 31 cases of measles recorded this year in Oregon are the most cases in a generation, according to state health officials. There have not been this many confirmed cases in the state since 1991, Oregon Health Authority officials said. The first cases were confirmed in June. However, there have not been any new confirmed […]
Sep 11, 2024
Measles cases are up and childhood vaccinations are down
NPR For about three weeks in 2000, there were zero measles cases in the United States. It was declared eradicated. Fast forward to 2024, and measles cases are surging, especially in Oregon where the state is facing the worst outbreak since the early 1990s. This is happening as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Sep 3, 2024
U.S. faces growing measles outbreaks as vaccine skepticism rises
Fast Company Americans’ faith in vaccines is fading, and it’s corresponding with a rapid rise in some diseases. Oregon recently experienced its biggest measles outbreak in five years: 30 cases, all among people who are not vaccinated. As of mid-August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 219 measles cases in the United States, up […]
Aug 27, 2024
Measles’ Deadliest Sequelae
MedPageToday In the late 1990s, my long-time colleague, Pam Nagami, MD, met a petite, Indian-American student she later called “Manju” when writing a terrific book about patients with infectious diseases. Some of the stories by Nagami end happily, but Manju’s did not — and all because of a case of measles she contracted early in life. So, […]
Aug 20, 2024
Why Measles Is ‘Coming in Hot’ in 2024
MedPage Today In part 1 of this Instagram Live discussion, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, and Katrine Wallace, PhD, talk about the recent rise in measles cases in the U.S. Faust: Let’s start with measles because the title says “Measles, H5N1, and COVID, Oh My!“ In the 1950s and ’60s, we would routinely have […]
Aug 14, 2024
Oregon measles outbreak records at least 23 cases since June
KOIN News Oregon has recorded at least 23 total cases of measles in three counties since June 2024, according to state health officials. So far, the Oregon Health Authority has counted 14 measles cases in Marion County, eight cases in Clackamas County and one case in Multnomah County. In every case, the individual had been unvaccinated. Data show […]
Aug 7, 2024