U.S. measles cases in 2024 are now highest since 2019 - NBC News
Mar 27, 2024 · The U.S. measles case total is now the highest of the last five years, according to the CDC. Around 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized.
Measles Cases and Outbreaks | Measles (Rubeola) | CDC
6 days ago · From January 1 to December 31, 2019, 1,274 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 31 states. This is the greatest number of cases reported in the United States since 1992. The majority of cases were among people who were not vaccinated against measles.
Tracking measles cases in the United States | CNN
Aug 23, 2024 · Several outbreaks of measles in the United States are driving case counts up and raising alarm among public health officials, especially as vaccination rates among children lag.
US measles cases are up in 2024. What’s driving the increase?
Apr 11, 2024 · Nationwide, measles cases already are nearly double the total for all of last year. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention documented 113 cases as of April 5. There have been seven outbreaks and most of U.S. cases — 73% — are linked to those flare-ups.
Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here ... - CNN
Jan 23, 2024 · Nearly two dozen cases of measles have been reported since December 1, according to an alert from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International travel, coupled with declining...
Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in …
Nov 14, 2024 · As measles cases surge and outbreaks increase, the world's elimination goal, as laid out in Immunization Agenda 2030, is under threat. Worldwide, 82 countries had achieved or maintained measles elimination at the end of 2023.
CDC warns measles spike poses a 'renewed threat' to elimination ... - NPR
Apr 12, 2024 · A spike in measles cases, largely caused by people not getting vaccinated, poses a "renewed threat" to the declaration in 2000 that the highly contagious airborne disease had been eliminated in...
Measles Outbreaks Remain a Threat in U.S., Globally
Jan 16, 2024 · Health officials within the U.S. are monitoring at least one measles outbreak and warning of potential exposures to the disease, as cases have cropped up on both sides of the country and amid a...
CDC issues alert over rising measles cases in the U.S. - NBC News
Mar 19, 2024 · There had been 58 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year as of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, compared to 58 in all of 2023. In the cases this year,...
Amid rising measles cases, a new generation of doctors is ... - ABC News
Feb 16, 2024 · Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area.