Measles cases in the US have reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 cases reported in the last seven months, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Measles has a death rate of 1 for every 500 to 1,000 cases, Pan said. Nationwide, more than 145 people have been hospitalized with measles so far this year, federal data show, and many of those ...

What to know as measles cases in U.S. hit highest level recorded in over 30 years The United States has recorded 1,288 measles cases so far this year, the highest total in 33 years, according to ...

Before this year, there have been an average of about 180 measles cases reported each year since the disease was declared eliminated, according to CDC data. In 2019, large outbreaks in New York ...

Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that had been considered eradicated in the United States as of 2000, meaning there was no spread and new cases were those contracted only from abroad. But ...

Measles is a highly contagious virus with a primary case reproduction number (i.e., the average number of secondary cases per case patient) of 12 to 18. It is currently spreading rapidly owing to ...

This, in fact, is what we are seeing now in the US. In Texas, 753 measles cases have been confirmed since January. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 98 of these patients ...

Measles, a disease once nearly eliminated in the US, is now making a strong and worrying return. In 2025, the country has reported more than 1,280 confirmed cases, the highest annual number in ...

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought under… ...

A Hudson County resident with measles could have exposed others at a hospital, a coffee shop, a mall, and several other locations, the state Health Department announced Tuesday. Anyone who visited ...

Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, meaning there has not been continuous transmission for more than a year at a time. Reaching this status was “a historic public health ...