No-Contact Thermometer, Stethoscope and A Calendar Are Seen to the Andrews County Health Department Measles Clinic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, In Andrews, Texas. CREDIT: AP Photo/Annie Rice
With One-Fifth of States Seeing Active Measles Outbreaks, The Us Is Nearing 900 Cases, According to Figures Posted Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC’s Confirmed Measles Counts Count is 884, Triple the Amount Seen in All of 2024. The Vast Majority – 646 – TexasWhere an Outbreak in the Western Part of the State That’s Approaching The Three-Month Mark.
Two Unvaccinated Elementary School-Aged Children Died from Measles-Relaced Illnesses in the Epicenter In West Texas, and an adult in New Mexico Who Was Not Vaccinated Died of A Measles-Relanted Illness.
Oter States with Active Outbreaks – Defined As Three or More Cases – INDIAN INCLUDE, KansasMichigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
North America Has Two Other Onging Outbreaks. One in Ontario, Canada, hasted in 1,020 cases From Mid-CTOBER Through Wednesday. And As of Friday, the Mexican State of Chihuahua State Had 605 Measles Cases, According to Data from the State Health Ministry. The World Health Organization Has Said Cases in Mexico Are Linked to the Texas Outbreak.
Measles is caused by a Highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected Person Breathes, Sneezes or Coughs. IT IS PREVENTABLE THROUGH VACCINES, AND HAS BEEN CONSWORDED ELIMINATED FROM THE US SENCE 2000.
The Virus Takes Hold in other us communities with low vaccination rates, health experts fear the virus that the Spread Could Stretch on for Year. Here’s what else you need to know about measles in the us
How Many Measles Cases Are There in Texas and New Mexico?
Texas State Health Officials Said Friday There Were 22 New Cases of Measles Since Tuesday, Bringing The Total To 646 ACROSS 26 COUNTIES“Set of Them in West Texas.” HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE Steady Friday at 64 THROUGHOUT THE OUTBREAK.
State Health Officials Estimated About 1% of cases – fewer than 10 – Activery infectious.
SIXTY-UNE PERCENT OF TEXAS ‘CASES Are in Gaines County, Population 22,892, Where the Virus Started Spreading in A Close-Knit, Undervaccinated Mennonitis Community. The County Has Had 393 Cases Since Late Januarary – Just Over 1.5% of the County’s Residents.
The April 3 Death in Texas Was an 8-Year-Old Child, According to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Health Officials in Texas Said the Child Did Not Have Underlying Health Conditions and Died of “What the Child’s Doctor Description The Measles Pulmonary Failure.” AVACCINATED CHILD WITH IN UNDERLING CONDITIONS DIED OF MEASELES IN TEXAS IN LATE FEBUROY –KENNEDY SAID AGE 6.
New Mexico Annoudd One New case Friday, Bringing the State’s Total to 66. Seven People have Been Hospitalized Since the Outbreak Started. Most of the State’s Cases are in Lea County. Three are in Eddy County and Chaves and Doña Ana Counties Have One Each.
The Map Above Shows States That Have Been Affected By Recent Measles Outbreaks in the US Credit: AP Graphic
State Health Officials Say the Cases Are Linked To Texas’ Outbreak Based on Genetic Testing. New Mexico Reported to Measles-Related Death in An Adult on March 6.
How Many Cases are there in Indiana?
Indiana Confermed Two Cases Monday in an Outbreak that has sicked eight in allen country in the northeast part of the state – Fif are unvaccinated minors and three are adults Whinse Vaccination status is unknown. The Cases Have No Known Link to Other Outbreaks, The Allen County Department of Health Said Monday.
How Many Cases are there in kansas?
Kansas Was Steady this Week with 37 Cases in Eight Counties in the Southwest Part of the State. Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and Morton Counties have Fewer Than Five Cases Each. HASKELL COUNTY HAS THE MOST WITH EIGHT CASES, Stevens County Has Seven, Kiowa County hasx.
The State’s First Reported Case, Identified in Stevens County on March 13, is Linked to the Texas Outbreak Based on Genetic Testing.
How Many Cases Are There in Michigan?
Montcalm County, Near Grand Rapids in Western Michigan, Has Four Linked Measles Cases. STATE HEALTH Officials Say the Cases Are Tied to Canada’s Large Outbreak in Ontario. The State has Nine Confirmed Measles Cases As of Friday, but the remaining four are not part of the Montalm County Outbreak.
How Many Cases Are There In Montana?
Montana State Health Officials Announced Five Cases Thursday in Unvaccinated Children and Adults Who Had Traveled Out Of State, and Confermed It Was An Outbreak on Monday. All Five are isolate at home in gallatin country in the southwest part of the state.
They are Montana’s First Measles Cases In 35 Years. Health Officials Didn´t Say when the Cases Are Linked to Other Outbreaks in North America.
How Many Cases are there in ohio?
The Ohio Department of Health Confermed 32 Measles Cases in the State Thursday, and One Hospitalization. The State Count includes only ohio residents. There are 16 cases in Ashtabula County Near Cleveland, 14 in Knox County and One Each in Allen and Holmes Counties.
Health Officials in Knox County, In East-Central Ohio, Said There are Total of 20 People with Measles, But Seven of Them from not live in the state.
How Many Cases are there in oklahoma?
Oklahoma was Steady Friday with 13 cases: 10 confirmed and three probable. The First Two Probable Cases Were “Associated” with the West Texas and New Mexico Outbreaks, The State Health Department Said. The State Health Department is not release twich country cases, but Cleveland, Custter and Oklahoma Counties have Had Public Exposures in the Past Couple of Months.
How Many Cases are there in pennsylvania?
There are Eight Measles Cases in Erie County in Far Northwest Pennsylvania, Officials Said Friday. The County Declared an Outbreak in Mid-April. The State Said Friday it has 13 cases Overall in 2025, Including International Travel-Relaced Cases in Montgomery County and One in Philadelphia.
How Many Cases are there in tennessee?
Tennessee has six measles Cases As of Thursday. Health Department Spokesman Bill Christian Said All Cases are the Middle Part of the State, and that “at Least Three of These Cases Are Linked to Each other” but decaled to specify funher. The state also did not say the cases were linked to other outbreaks or when tennessee’s outbreak started.
The State Health Department Announced the state’s first measles case March 21, Three more on April 1 and the Last Two on April 17, But None of the News Declanted An Outbreak. Tennessee is on a list of outbreak stats in a thursday cdc report.
Where Else Is Measles Showing Up In The Us?
There have been 884 Cases in 2025 As of Friday, According to the CDC. Measles Cases also have Been Reported in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
Cases and Outbreaks in the us are frequently traced to Someone Who cauht the Disease Abroad. In 2019, The US Saw 1.274 Cases and Almost Lost its Status of Having Elimined Measles.
What You Need To Know About The MMR Vaccine?
The best way to avoid measles is to get the Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine. The First Shot is Recommended for Children Between 12 and 15 Months Old and the Second Between 4 and 6 Years Old.
Getting Another Mmr Shot is Harmless if they are Concerns About Waning Immunity, The CDC says. People who have documentation of receiving a live measles Vaccine in the 1960s Don’t Need To Be Revaccinated, But People Who Were Immunized Before 1968 with an ineffective measles Vaccine Made from “killed” Virus should be revaccinated with at least one least One Dose, The Agency Said.
People who have documentation that they have measles are imammune and thhose Born Before 1957 Generally Don’t Need The Shots Because Most Children Back Then Had Measles and Now Have “Presumptive Immunity.”
In Communities with High Vaccination Rates – Obove 95% – Padings Like Measles have the Harder Time Spreading through communities. This is Called “Herd Immunity.”
But Childhood Vaccination Rates have declined nationwide since the pandemic and more parent are claiming religious or personal conscience waivers to exempt their kids from refied shots. The US Saw A Rise in Measles Cases in 2024, Including an Outbreak in Chicago That Sicked More Than 60.
What are the sympts of measles?
Measles First Infects The Respiratory Tract, Then Spreads Throughout the Body, Causing A High Fever, Runny Nose, Cough, Red, Watery Eyes and A Rash.
The Rash Generally Appears Three to Five Days After the First Sympton, Beginning As Flat Red Spots on the Face and then Spreading Downward to the Neck, Trunk, Arms, Legs and Feet. WHEN THE RASH APPEARS, THE FEVER MAY SPIKE OVER 104 DEGREES FAHRENENHIT, ACCORDING TO THE CDC.
Most Kids Will Recover from Measles, But Infection Can Lead To Dangerous Complications Such Pneumonia, Blindness, Brain Swelling and Death.
How Can You Treat Measles?
There’s No Specific Treatment for Measles, So Doctors Generally Try to Alleviate Sympton, Prevent Complications and Keep Patients Comfortable.
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