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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen into their lungs. It may also lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities.
Measles was considered eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.
Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the ...
Vaccination rates for kindergartners have fallen nationally.
The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.
There have now been more measles cases in 2025 than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared eliminated in ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. is currently experiencing its worst measles outbreak in more ...
While weekly reported cases have slowed over the past few months, the CDC’s figure surpasses the high of 1,274 cases in 2019 and marks a grim milestone for the U.S. as immunization coverage wanes ...
The South Carolina Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in an Upstate resident, marking the first ...
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