Cases of measles reach 1,046 in the United States as well as confirmed infections in 30 states: CDC
Cases of measles reached 1,046 while the virus continues to spread through the United States, according to data Updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
Cases have been confirmed in 30 states, including Alaska, Arkansas, Calorado, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawai, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersic, New Mexico York, Ohio, Ohio Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginie and Washington.
Infectious illness experts said previously that the United States was probably on the right track to exceed the 2019 total of 1,274 cases, which was confirmed during a year. The total of this year also marks the second number of highest cases in 25 years, according to CDC data.
CDCs indicate that 12% of patients with measles in the United States this year have been hospitalized, the majority of which are under 19 years old.
About 96% of measles cases are among those who are not vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, according to CDC data.
The panels open the way to measles tests in the district of the Hospital of Seminole opposite the Wigwam stadium, on February 27, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.
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Meanwhile, 1% of cases are among those who have received only one dose of measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and 2% of cases are among those who have received the two recommended doses, according to the CDC.
At least three deaths were confirmed this year, two among children and one among one adult, all not vaccinated.
He is an unvaccinated traveler with measles can have exhibited people at Denver International Airport and a neighboring hotel, Health officials said THURSDAY.
The patient was in the international terminal on Tuesday, May 13, then took a shuttle to stay at the Quality Inn and Suites nearby that evening. The next day, the patient brought a shuttle to the airport and went on an inner flight.
The Ministry of Public Health and Environment of Colorado and the Denver Ministry of Public Health and Environment have said that anyone who may have been exposed to each flight will be directly informed by health officials.
Likewise, a resident of King County, in Washington State & King County said Tuesday. The individual was probably exposed to measles while he was traveling recently internationally.
In addition, the New Jersey Health Department sent an alert that a non-resident with measles attended the Shakira concert at the Metlife Stadium last week, potentially exhibiting people.
Although the concert took place on May 16, officials warned that people can develop symptoms until June 6. So far, no associated case has been identified.
CDC currently recommended That people receive two doses of the Ror vaccine, the first at the age of 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective and two doses are 97% effective against measles, indicates the CDC.
Measles has been declared eliminated United States in 2000 due to a very effective vaccination program, according to the CDC. But vaccination rates have been lagging behind in recent years.
Boxes and bottles of measles, mumps, the vaccine against the rubella virus in a vaccination clinic put by the public health service of Lubbock, on March 1, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.
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“I think that the overall and global concern we have is that, as vaccination rates decrease, we are now starting to see very contagious diseases such as measles and, in general, you need a 95% immunity wall to stop an epidemic,” Dr. Scott Roberts told ABC News, told ABC News.
“There are now many areas of the United States where we do not hit these 95% and it is much lower than that, and I think we see the consequences,” he continued.
Roberts says he is worried about the disinformation that appeared around the ROR vaccine such as a link between the vaccine and autism, which has been demystified by several high -quality studies.
“I fear that we saw this disinformation and that parents read these things on the Internet, which is not based on the truth,” he said. “What we are trying to do as health care providers and public health professionals is really simply to give the right information that the measles vaccine is safe. It is effective and measles itself is not a cold in the million; this can lead to these really devastating consequences if someone is vulnerable and is infected.”
Dr. Karen Tachi Udoh is an internal medical resident at Johns Hopkins hospital and member of the ABC News medical unit.
