US EditionNo One Should Get Measles in America | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UNITED STATES AND CANADA, JUL 16 – Vaccination rates have dropped below herd immunity thresholds, leading to over 1,300 U.S. cases and more than 1,300 in Alberta, Canada, health officials said.
- The United States has recorded over 1,300 confirmed measles cases and three deaths by mid-2025, marking its worst year since 1992.
- This surge follows a drop in vaccination rates below the 95% herd immunity threshold and outbreaks in Texas Mennonite and New York Orthodox Jewish communities.
- Measles is a highly contagious virus causing serious complications like pneumonia and brain inflammation, but vaccination prevents infection and immune depletion in children.
- Research indicates that unvaccinated children can experience a substantial reduction—ranging from about one-tenth to nearly three-quarters—in their antibodies against various diseases following measles infection, whereas vaccinated children maintain their immune defenses.
- The ongoing outbreak threatens public health progress, emphasizing that vaccination protects individuals and communities, especially those unable to receive vaccines.
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No one should get measles in America - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
There is no good reason for any American to become infected with the measles virus in 2025. Effective vaccines reduced the incidence of the disease to nearly negligible figures by the 1980s, and since a brief resurgence in the early 1990s, most years have had fewer than 100 cases across this enormous country.
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Measles outbreaks end in Illinois, North Dakota
Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their states’ measles outbreaks are over, pointing to a continuing slowdown of measles spread in the U.S. during vaccine-preventable disease’s worst outbreak in years.
The measles outbreak is setting off alarm bells in Canada
Canada is seeing a resurgence of measles, which had been declared eradicated in the country in 1998. The disease has reached provinces across the country such as Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. However, the situation is particularly acute in Alberta. Health authorities in the western province have recorded 1,314 cases since early March. That’s more than the whole of the United States, which registered 1,288 cases in t…
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