Three months by 2025, US measles cases exceed the total for 2024

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At three months until 2025, the United States exceeded the total number of measles in the country for all year.

By 2025, at least 308 measles cases were reported in the United States, according to US data for controlling and preventing diseases. In 2024, there were 285 cases of measles.

The large number of cases is determined by a concentrated multisetted outbreak in West Texas. Texas He has reported 259 cases until this year, along with 33 cases reported by New Mexico from Tuesday and two in Oklahoma associated with the focal.

New Mexico US was expected to offer another update of measles cases on Friday.

In the years since it was declared measles eliminated in the US, approximately 179 measles were reported on average each year. There were on average about 8 outbreaks per year – ranging from 1 to 25 annually – and in most years, at least 60% of all reported cases were related to outbreaks. But the most serious outbreaks every year usually remain under 50 cases. 2025 is only the fifth year 2000 in which a outbreak led to over 100 cases and only the third year in which a focal led to over 300 cases. The others were the Disneyland outbreak that started in 2014 and 2019, when an outbreak for almost a year in New York came within a few weeks after the end of the elimination status.

Last month, Texas announced the first death of the outbreak of a school-age child who was not vaccinated and had no basic conditions. New Mexico health officials said last week that they are investigating the cause of an unvaccinated person who has tested positive for measles. The inhabitant of Lea County did not seek medical care.