US EditionSliding Vaccine Rates Hang over Vote on CDC Director Nominee as US Measles Cases Hit Dangerous Milestone
UNITED STATES, JUN 6 – Declining vaccination rates since 2019 have led to 1,168 confirmed measles cases in 33 states, with 95% of cases unvaccinated or unknown, according to CDC data.
- By July 1, the CDC had recorded a total of 1,267 measles infections and three fatalities across 38 U.S. jurisdictions, with the majority linked to an outbreak centered in West Texas.
- The outbreak stems from declining vaccination rates, particularly in a close-knit undervaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, Texas.
- Cases have spread to 39 states with active outbreaks in 12 states, and public health authorities have intensified vaccination and contact tracing efforts.
- Health officials reported that all three individuals who died from measles were unvaccinated children, highlighting vaccination as the most effective way to prevent the disease.
- The recent increase in measles cases poses a risk to the U.S. maintaining its measles-free designation, which has been upheld for the past quarter-century, and could result in the disease becoming regularly occurring if vaccination rates do not improve.
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Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health agency.
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Evansville Courier & PressMeasles was eradicated in the US 25 years ago. This week, cases reached a new high.
Measles was considered eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high.
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