{"id":11664,"date":"2026-03-18T16:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=11664"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:01:07","slug":"we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2026\/03\/18\/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what\u2019s\u00a0coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming-275059\">The Conversation<\/a> In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare \u2013 a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of March 2026, measles has been continuously circulating around the U.S. for more than a year, starting with an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/measles-outbreak-2025\">outbreak in Texas<\/a>&nbsp;that lasted from January to August 2025. Before&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/texas-announces-end-west-texas-measles-outbreak\">that outbreak was declared over<\/a>, an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/files.epi.utah.gov\/Utah%20measles%20dashboard.html\">outbreak on the Utah<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/preparedness\/epidemiology-disease-control\/measles\/index.php\">Arizona border<\/a>&nbsp;began in August and is ongoing. An outbreak in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.sc.gov\/diseases-conditions\/infectious-diseases\/measles-rubeola\/measles-dashboard\">South Carolina<\/a>&nbsp;began in September, drastically increased in January 2026, and continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/data-research\/index.html\">Thirty states have had measles cases this year<\/a>; 47 have seen cases since the start of 2025. Health officials across the U.S. have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/measles\/us-measles-total-approaches-1300-infections\">confirmed 1,300 infections already this year<\/a>&nbsp;as of March 6, putting the country on track to surpass 2025\u2019s numbers, which were the highest in 35 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pandemics.sph.brown.edu\/people\/jennifer-nuzzo-drph\">outbreak preparedness and response<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pandemics.sph.brown.edu\/people\/andrea-uhlig\">Brown University\u2019s Pandemic Center<\/a>, and we view the return of measles in the U.S. as a grim signal of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming-275059\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conversation In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare \u2013 a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts. 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