US EditionMeasles Outbreak: Cases In Texas Near 280 As Illness Spreads To 15 States
- As of Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported 146 confirmed cases in a spreading measles outbreak in West Texas, with state health officials anticipating further increases.
- The measles virus is highly contagious and can remain in the air for up to two hours, posing a significant risk in unvaccinated communities where childhood vaccination rates have dropped.
- Of the confirmed cases, five individuals were vaccinated, while the rest were either unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status, and tragically, one unvaccinated school-aged child has died.
- Texas DSHS Commissioner Dr. Jennifer Shuford emphasized the importance of the MMR vaccine, which has been around since the 1960s and is about 97% effective with two doses and about 93% effective with one dose, stating that 5% of those infected with measles can get pneumonia and 20% will end up in the hospital.
- To combat the outbreak, the state health department has deployed epidemiologists, immunization teams, and specimen collection teams to affected areas, with the State Medical Operations Center managing resource deployment, daily situation updates, and coordination calls with local health authorities, and Gov. Greg Abbott's office is in regular communication with state health officials to ensure the safety and health of Texans.
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Revealed: Trump's CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.In an aborted pla…
Vitamin A is not a substitute for the measles vaccine, Houston health experts say
Vitamin A, also known as retinol, supports the body’s natural defense system against illnesses and infection from diseases like measles. But it does not prevent people from getting sick in the first place, said UT Health infectious disease epidemiologist Catherine Troisi.
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Over a dozen new measles cases in Texas outbreak in less than a week: Officials
Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images (TEXAS) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 — an increase of 13 cases in the past five days, authorities said on Tuesday. The Texas Department of State Health Services updated its website with the new numbers Tuesday afternoon and said the majority of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or those whose vaccination status is unknown, with 80 unvacc…
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